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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 But of course there's a distribution of future unknown probabilities. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask,lee Ying Shan,deena Zaidi, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 Farther east, including the I-35 corridor and the metroplex, rain chances will generally range from 30–50%, with lower probabilities toward our southeastern counties. — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Sleeper also features dynamic payout scaling based on individual player probabilities, as well as classic Daily Drafts for real-time snake drafting. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Prediction markets can provide real-time probabilities in fluid ways that election polls cannot. — W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026 Let’s take a guess at probabilities for Sunday’s starter, because math is (sometimes) fun. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 17 Sep. 2026 There’s a lot of math and mathematical equations and probabilities and percentages. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 15 Sep. 2026 At a recent webinar, NOAA stated that the current probabilities are not high enough to issue explicit predictions just yet. — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026 Markets exist for the supply and demand of commodities today on the basis of forecasts, estimates, and probabilities. — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

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Ohio Republicans redrew Kaptur’s seat this cycle, but Democrats are bullish on her chances.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
What readers are saying The comments reflect a mix of skepticism and concern about the upcoming elections, with some expressing doubt about the Democrats' chances in the Senate and others worried about potential election chaos and disputes.

— Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026

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The researchers also found that AI’s strength in flagging cancerous lesions didn’t carry over to naming the correct diagnosis among many possibilities.

— Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Here, the idea that Hollywood is truly interested in the creative possibilities of a fanfic-originating adaptation becomes weak.

— Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026

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