How to Use worst-case in a Sentence

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• But steps can be taken to avert this worst-case scenario.
  — Agnès Callamard, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2024
• Here’s a look at the best- and worst-case scenarios for SMU and a win-loss prediction for the season.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
• This worst-case scenario needs to be addressed but will not happen soon.
  — Bhopi Dhall and Saurajit Kanungo, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• This was also slightly less than its worst-case scenario that put it at a loss of as much as $1.15 per share.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
• But Canales’s worst-case scenarios also have come true, at least for the time being.
  — Sam Lubell, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• The problem was his two-inning start put the Guardians on a collision course with their worst-case scenario.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
• Here are ways for people to prepare and respond in worst-case scenarios.
  — Hannah Sampson, Andrea Sachs and Sofia Andrade, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2023
• In a worst-case scenario, economists fear these policies could set the stage for a recession.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
• The happy ending was a welcome change of pace for deputies who often deal with worst-case scenarios.
  — Jade Thomas, The Indianapolis Star, 6 May 2024
• Sanders himself later downplayed that risk as a worst-case scenario.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• In a worst-case scenario, a hacker could take control of a CAV with passengers onboard.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Jan. 2024
• Some may question whether all the preparation was worth it, given that a worst-case scenario didn’t hit L.A., Crowley said.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• The fire spread over 50 kilometers that day, more than doubling worst-case scenarios.
  — David Wallace-Wells, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• Cut Off: As hundreds of homes outside the boundaries of Scottsdale, Ariz., can no longer get water from the city, their owners are living a worst-case scenario of drought.
  — Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
• Between the threats of a school shooting and bullying, a parent’s mind is always swirling with worst-case scenarios.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
• But this estimate from the company is likely a worst-case scenario.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
• In a worst-case scenario, if the condition grew worse during the flight, ground controllers could isolate it by closing the manifold feeding the leak.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 1 June 2024
• An absolute worst-case scenario in the pros: Pro Bowl potential as a core special-teamer.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
• Tovala began putting in place a worst-case scenario to stretch its remaining capital for a couple of months.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2023
• But officials have said that would be a worst-case scenario, and noted that the developer has been open about the status of the project and need to request an extension.
  — Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2024
• Occasional bursts of heavier snow are possible, which may lead to a light coating on grassy areas up to about a half-inch and up to about one inch in a worst-case scenario.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
• In a worst-case scenario, the triathlon could theoretically be reduced to a duathlon, with just running and cycling and no swimming.
  — Keir Simmons, NBC News, 26 June 2024
• That’s a good thing in the short term, but avoiding worst-case scenarios via hefty deficit spending comes at a cost for future generations, in Spitznagel’s view.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2024
• Under that worst-case scenario, just 8 percent of Earth’s surface would be hospitable to mammals, mostly the polar and coastal regions.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
• Hit a tipping point like that and the likelihood of a worst-case climate scenario looks increasingly real.
  — Bygabriel Labbate, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
• All 23 banks required to take the Fed’s exam fared better this year compared to last year, despite being subjected to a worst-case scenario that was even more painful than last year’s.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 28 June 2023
• Johnston has said the new approach is best for the city, which had projected a worst-case scenario of a $180 million budget shortfall this year because of the costs of caring for the influx of migrants.
  — Saja Hindi, The Denver Post, 10 May 2024
• As a director of disaster preparedness, my work is to imagine every worst-case scenario and for each of these scenarios to have a back-up plan and a back-up to the back-up plan.
  — Mary C. Meyer, STAT, 1 Aug. 2023
• Earlier this year, HIV advocates prepared themselves for funding to drop by about 30% in July — or by 60% in a worst-case scenario.
  — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2024
• The Secret Service has also modeled a life-size town where agents train for an attack on a motorcade -- one of many potential worst-case scenarios.
  — Quinn Owen, ABC News, 7 July 2024

Last Updated: 28 Aug 2024