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Recent Examples of conditional probability
That’s where conditional probability enters the picture.
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Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Fraud Detection As mentioned earlier, conditional probability allows firms to update risk assessments in real-time.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Thus was born, in these villages, the idea of conditional probabilities and, with it, the practice of conditional love.
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
The prosecutor’s fallacy emerges constantly in problems of conditional probability, leading us sirenlike towards precisely the wrong conclusions—and undetected, sends innocent people to jail.
—David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2023
Each term in the Drake equation sets the conditional probability of the term that comes after.
—Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2021
The Goldman team sees a 30% probability of entering a recession over the next year, up from 15% previously, and a 25% conditional probability of entering a recession in the second year if one is avoided in the first.
—Enda Curran, Fortune, 21 June 2022
To calculate the probability of the outcome resulting from any particular branch (a conditional probability), the probabilities of the sequence of events are multiplied.
—New York Times, 13 May 2020
Doyle believes the humpback whales have conditional probabilities in their language.
—Brian Resnick, Vox, 6 Dec. 2018
Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Fraud Detection As mentioned earlier, conditional probability allows firms to update risk assessments in real-time.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Thus was born, in these villages, the idea of conditional probabilities and, with it, the practice of conditional love.
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
The prosecutor’s fallacy emerges constantly in problems of conditional probability, leading us sirenlike towards precisely the wrong conclusions—and undetected, sends innocent people to jail.
—David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2023
Each term in the Drake equation sets the conditional probability of the term that comes after.
—Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2021
The Goldman team sees a 30% probability of entering a recession over the next year, up from 15% previously, and a 25% conditional probability of entering a recession in the second year if one is avoided in the first.
—Enda Curran, Fortune, 21 June 2022
To calculate the probability of the outcome resulting from any particular branch (a conditional probability), the probabilities of the sequence of events are multiplied.
—New York Times, 13 May 2020
Doyle believes the humpback whales have conditional probabilities in their language.
—Brian Resnick, Vox, 6 Dec. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conditional probability
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Blewett is in the 90th percentile in getting hitters to whiff on his pitches, along with being in the 91st percentile in groundball percentage.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Monastir’s defense remains a hallmark, boasting the lowest opponent field goal percentage and an elite block rate, supported by their local core.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2025
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The authors conclude that the likelihood of this collision and merger is closer to the odds of a coin flip, with a roughly 50 percent probability that the two galaxies will avoid such an event during the next 10 billion years.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
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Our own data showed an uptick in the organizational adoption of AI, indicating transformative potential.—
Brian Jackson,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Then pair that with Chop Robinson’s second season, and Miami has the potential to possess a dangerous trio of pass rushers.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2025
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Additionally, all mood data came from caregiver reports, introducing the possibility of bias.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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The Borussia Dortmund team that prevailed in 1997 were probably the last first-time winners for whom the Champions League hadn’t been talked about much as a possibility for years before, let alone regarded as some sort of destiny.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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“Conditional probability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conditional%20probability. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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