unlikelihood

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Recent Examples of unlikelihood Subscribe On the flipside, risk factors for higher levies include the unlikelihood that the U.S. trade deficits — which Trump has often used as an argument for tariffs — will disappear, and the U.S. administration’s reliance on tariff incomes to supplement its budget, according to Fiedler. Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 14 July 2025 With the unlikelihood of Saudi Arabia catching any strays, WWE talent arrived in Riyadh this week with no incident. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025 With the unlikelihood of the draft providing them a rotation player, the Lakers will continue to build their team in other ways, from free agency to trades. Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025 The unlikelihood of this turn of events—a niece being the first to find her uncle’s corpse—dissipates into the dynamic of the call: Shula’s bored, patient matter-of-factness, her father’s jolly, scattershot drunkenness. Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unlikelihood
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unlikeliness
Noun
  • For the rest of the countries – Australia, U.K., France and Italy – the majority of consumers are neutral in regards to made in USA, but their likelihood to buy American is higher than their unlikeliness to buy.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • The unlikeliness of such a contemporary saint has led to a staggering amount of enthusiasm for Carlo’s cause.
    Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025

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