as in probability
the quality or state of being likely to occur
the weatherman on TV said that the likelihood of rain today was fairly high
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If the bill passes — a strong likelihood as funding the federal government through mid-March is the primary agenda — the District of Columbia government would gain control of the roughly 170-acre campus that previously served as the NFL franchise’s home.
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Ben Standig, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
There, scientists had made ten genetic edits to the pig to increase the likelihood that Looney’s body would accept the foreign tissue.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
Jena, Worsham, and Bray's hypothesis in their new study is pretty simple: Halloween is exciting for kids and their displays of that excitement in the doctor's office on the holiday could increase the likelihood that doctors diagnose them with ADHD.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
Robert Habeck, the Greens' chancellor candidate, said that was a worrying sign for German democracy, given the growing likelihood in a fractured political landscape that very different parties would again have to govern together.
—Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Ben Standig, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
There, scientists had made ten genetic edits to the pig to increase the likelihood that Looney’s body would accept the foreign tissue.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
Jena, Worsham, and Bray's hypothesis in their new study is pretty simple: Halloween is exciting for kids and their displays of that excitement in the doctor's office on the holiday could increase the likelihood that doctors diagnose them with ADHD.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
Robert Habeck, the Greens' chancellor candidate, said that was a worrying sign for German democracy, given the growing likelihood in a fractured political landscape that very different parties would again have to govern together.
—Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Likelihood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/likelihood. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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