How to Use probability in a Sentence
probability
noun- The probability of a coin coming up heads is one out of every two tries.
- There is a low probability that you will be chosen.
- With the dark clouds moving in, rain seems more like a probability than a possibility.
- There is some probability of rain tomorrow.
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The site gives the Suns a 45% win probability in the NBA game.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2022
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The site gives the Suns a 40% win probability in the game in Salt Lake City.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2022
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Most of the rest of the state has a 70 to 80 percent probability.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 25 Apr. 2023
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What is the probability that all three of the points will be in the same hemisphere?
—Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2022
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The site gives the Bucks a 57% win probability in Game 6.
—Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2022
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The site gives the Bucks a 55% win probability in Game 3.
—Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022
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The site gives the Rockets a 9% win probability in the game.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2022
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The older and bigger a whale got, the greater the probability of such a blast.
—Randi Richardson, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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What is the probability that two copies of die A roll a sum that beats two copies of die B?
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
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But in all probability, this would be in the first half of next year.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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The site gives the Trail Blazers a 7% win probability against the Suns.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2022
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What this means for OKC is that there’s a high probability that the team ends up earning a spot in the play-in.
—Nick Crain, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
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The price of that contract changes with the probability of the outcome.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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The site gives the Mystics a 30% win probability in Game 1 of the series.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2022
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The site gives the Knicks and 18% win probability to defeat the Suns in Phoenix on Friday night.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2022
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The site gives the Bengals a 19% win probability in the NFL playoff game.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2022
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The couple are more bullish—Chen puts the probability as high as 98%.
—Will Henshall, TIME, 14 Feb. 2024
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The Air Raid stretches the field, creates one-on-ones and leads to high probability throws as well.
—oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2022
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These probabilities are strongest along the Gulf Coast and for most of Texas.
—Nikki Nolan, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
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The probability for converting a first down is low, but bad things happen when a punter’s heels are on the edge of the end line.
—New York Times, 9 Jan. 2022
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In a strange twist, though, there’s a high probability of rain for Sunday’s game.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
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First, there will be a debate between the two survivors of the first round, in all probability Macron and Le Pen.
—Arthur Goldhammer, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2022
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Investors are pricing in a 5% probability that the Fed will boost rates by a half-point.
—Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 23 Jan. 2022
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Instead, potential hazard in the form of probability of an earthquake in a decadal or more timescale is the coin of the realm.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
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The probability of the Blues making the playoffs is just 10 percent according to Dom Luszczyszyn’s model.
—Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 5 Mar. 2025
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Given these probabilities, a June Fed rate cut looks very likely, while a May Fed interest rate cut appears unlikely.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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