How to Use chance of survival in a Sentence
chance of survival
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At one point, her chance of survival was fifty per cent.
—Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2023
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Both sets of parents were told their infants had about a 40 percent chance of survival.
—Cathy Free, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
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The cub, who has not yet been named, was introduced to the Cincinnati litter to increase his chance of survival.
—Bebe Hodges, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
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Your only chance of survival is to shoot the werewolf with silver bullets.
—Manuel Canales, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
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While there are no medicines that can kill this virus, timely veterinary care can help boost a cat's chance of survival.
—Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2023
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Can anything increase the chance of survival in such incidents?
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
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Brandt needed to abort the unviable fetus in order to increase the other twin’s chance of survival.
—Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 22 June 2023
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Smith believes releasing packs with adults and pups have a higher chance of survival as a family unit.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
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But the chance of survival decreases by 10 percent for every minute that passes without any CPR at all.
—Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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They will be released next spring with the hope of increasing future reproduction and chance of survival.
—Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2023
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The veterinarian from Egypt had then given Noor Jehan a strong chance of survival.
—Reuters, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
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Investing in employees is going to provide the highest ROI and chance of survival.
—Csaba Toth, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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At the time, the babies had a 10% to 20% chance of survival, while developmental delays were possible but unknown.
—Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
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Construction costs are generally higher, but so is the chance of survival.
—Janet Shamlian, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
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As widely reported, Anya’s water broke too early in her pregnancy, and there was no chance of survival for her fetus.
—Lois Frankel, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2024
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Doherty credits her tenacity to her mother, Rosa, who was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm when the actress was 8, and given a 10% chance of survival.
—EW.com, 30 Nov. 2023
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If your heart stops beating outside of a hospital, your chance of survival is typically less than 10 percent.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Dec. 2023
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Now Tessa’s only chance of survival and to protect this eco-system is an uneasy alliance with the equally endangered Mama bear.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 May 2024
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The lawsuit had argued that the laws' vague wording made doctors unwilling to provide abortions despite the fetuses having no chance of survival.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2023
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Doctors in Baton Rouge diagnosed the unborn baby with a vein of Galen malformation, a rare pre-birth condition, and a 1 percent chance of survival.
—Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
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Immediate kangaroo mother care after birth has been found to increase a low birth weight infant’s chance of survival by 25 percent.
—Gary Darmstadt, STAT, 12 Oct. 2023
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Fraternity members dumped Brennan at a hospital, where he was placed on life support and given a 1 percent chance of survival, the complaint alleges.
—Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
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Those recommendations touched off a firestorm and were denounced by women’s health advocates, who have long argued that early detection gives the best chance of survival.
—Melissa Healy, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
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Instead, this cognitive architecture evolved to detect any potential cues about social coalitions and alliances—to increase one’s chance of survival by telling friend from foe.
—Robert Sapolsky, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019
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Some forests are transitioning to areas more suitable for their growth, including cooler places at higher elevations where their seeds have a better chance of survival, Hill said.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
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Advertisement Maharaj was given a low chance of survival when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in May 2023.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
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At four years old, she was given a 30 percent chance of survival when diagnosed with stage 4 Neuroblastoma, which later inspired her to become a pediatric intensive care nurse.
—Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
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Physicians predicted Newhouse had a 5 percent chance of survival with a strong possibility of ending up in a vegetative state.
—Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2023
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Brown was chosen to lead an advance group, called Forlorn Hope because of their chance of survival, to storm a temporary fortification armed with only bayonets and fending off musket fire and cannons.
—Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 9 June 2024
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In its earliest iterations, women were almost exclusively victims—pretty damsels in distress whose only chance of survival, if at all, was through a man.
—Essence, 31 Oct. 2023
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