conditional probabilities

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  1. probabilities
  2. percentages
  3. possibilities
Noun
  • The best scenario for snow on the ground on Christmas Day would be in a region highlighted in white, where probabilities exceed 90%.
    Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This shift in perspective allowed the Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann to reframe and sharpen the idea of entropy using probabilities.
    Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
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  • According to odds and percentages on Box Line, there is a 91% chance of Davis winning, while Roach is given a 9% chance.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Henderson accomplished everything the game had to offer, and earned nearly 95 percent of the Hall of Fame vote during his first year on the ballot — among the 20 highest percentages in the Hall’s history.
    Sam Blum, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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  • Forecasting focuses on the past to see the future; foresight relies on its ability to contextualize the present to prepare for a range of future possibilities.
    Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • From this methodology, Pinterest produces twenty future trends that provide twenty different possibilities for what lies around the corner.
    Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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