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probabilities

noun

plural of probability

as in odds

a measure of how often an event will occur instead of another the probability of flipping a coin and getting heads 50 times in a row is not good

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Recent Examples of probabilities According to Basketball Reference’s playoff probabilities report, the Heat entered Wednesday with just a 9 percent chance of evading the play-in tourney. —

Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026 The world’s largest prediction market, Polymarket allows users to buy shares on the outcomes of future events – like betting – but with probabilities instead of odds. —

Michael Delayo, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026 With only six games remaining, the main focus for the Bulls is the draft probabilities created by their final standing in the league. —

Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026 What Happens Next Market probabilities are likely to remain volatile as new polling, legislative battles and candidate decisions reshape the political landscape. —

Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026 Essentially, this treats historical probabilities as the baseline and raises them based on the current oil, inflation and interest rate environment. —

Michael Khouw, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026 Oncologists think in probabilities and protocols. —

Amber Nigam, Harvard Business Review, 11 Mar. 2026 Some passes, like Snoqualmie, have a 60% chance of receiving more than 8 inches of snow, with areas above 2,000 feet in the Cascades and Olympics seeing over 40% probabilities. —

Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026 Statistical models have shown this scenario could occur with probabilities ranging from 10 to 28 percent depending on candidate consolidation. —

Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Wednesday’s loss to the Celtics made the Heat’s chances of avoiding the play-in tournament even worse.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
But with the chances of a Fed rate cut later this year highly diminished now and, with the reality that a cut (if it is issued) is likely to be by just 25 basis points, these estimates are unlikely to change dramatically, either.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026