most likely

idiom

: more likely than not : probably
It will most likely rain tomorrow.

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Kansas Citians who want a white Christmas in 2025 will most likely have to wait until next year, according to The Weather Channel. Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 18 Dec. 2025 Inspired by this belief, the team partnered with Austin to combine its flight tracking data with her meteorological analysis to find the flights most likely to directly fly through the most rainbow-dense locations around the world. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2025 Part of the theft is most likely due to the increasingly common phenomenon of North Korean hackers’ fraudulently obtaining remote technical jobs with international companies, the report said. Kevin Collier, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025 The reason these cookies have remained a classic for so long is most likely due to their simplicity. Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for most likely

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“Most likely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/most%20likely. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.

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