chance of survival
noun phrase
: likelihood that someone will continue to live in spite of present-day difficult conditions (such as being ill or injured)
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An eighty-per-cent chance of survival from a potentially lethal injury is, to be honest, pretty good odds—possibly better than the chances that either of these blood substitutes will make it into therapeutic use.
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Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Data shows that a person struck by a vehicle traveling at 20 mph has more than a 90% chance of survival, compared with only a 60% chance at 30 mph.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
What drove humankind belowground, and is there any chance of survival topside?
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
At the hospital, doctors removed her unborn child, who was thought to have a roughly 1-in-4 chance of survival.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
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Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Data shows that a person struck by a vehicle traveling at 20 mph has more than a 90% chance of survival, compared with only a 60% chance at 30 mph.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
What drove humankind belowground, and is there any chance of survival topside?
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
At the hospital, doctors removed her unborn child, who was thought to have a roughly 1-in-4 chance of survival.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Chance of survival.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chance%20of%20survival. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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