CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY Synonyms: 10 Similar Words

conditional probability

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Recent Examples of conditional probability His lasting contribution came posthumously, in a Royal Society paper on conditional probability. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 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 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 Each term in the Drake equation sets the conditional probability of the term that comes after. — Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2021 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

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Even with Mississippi’s high percentage of Black voters, Republicans think the Magnolia State is just too red.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
However, a large percentage of the Brazilian electorate also consistently rejects the prospect of voting for another Bolsonaro for president.

— David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

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However, markets may be placing too much confidence in a year-end rate hike, with the probability of a December increase priced at roughly 90%, leaving room for expectations to shift as fresh economic data emerge.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
However, the probability of serious adverse health effects is still considered low.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of probability

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This discovery establishes a new way to couple mechanical motion and electricity at the smallest scales, opening new possibilities for molecular electronics.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Over the summer, Zuckerberg shared with Meta advisors his plans to relocate outside California to avoid the possibility of a significant reduction in his control over the company as a result of selling enough stock to fund a 5% tax.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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