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as in likelihood
the quality or state of being likely to occur
the plot of the movie thriller was exciting and surprising but woefully lacking in probability
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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 probability
Gavin Sheets’ line drive to right field in the fifth inning, with a 65% hit probability, was the only ball the Padres put in play in the first eighth innings that had better than a 35% chance of being a hit.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
The regime would also appear so weak that the probability of a domestic uprising would increase exponentially.
—Chuck Freilich, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
The trade-off for higher yield is a higher probability that one caps the upside due to capital appreciation.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 26 June 2025
Patients begin to navigate risk as a terrain—scores, thresholds, probabilities—calibrating and recalibrating their place within it.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
The regime would also appear so weak that the probability of a domestic uprising would increase exponentially.
—Chuck Freilich, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
The trade-off for higher yield is a higher probability that one caps the upside due to capital appreciation.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 26 June 2025
Patients begin to navigate risk as a terrain—scores, thresholds, probabilities—calibrating and recalibrating their place within it.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for probability
likelihood
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While the likelihood of seeing the northern lights will be low for most of the U.S. on Tuesday and Wednesday, Alaska and states near the Canadian border will have a higher chance of seeing the lights.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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The concept of behavioral forecasting, as introduced to me by Dr. Corey Crossan through our work together, has its roots in disciplines like criminology, such as predicting the likelihood of a repeat offense, and in health, predicting the probability of illness based on behaviors.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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“Probability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probability. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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