How to Use probability in a Sentence

probability

noun
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  • 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.
  • The site gives the Suns a 45% win probability in the NBA game.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The site gives the Suns a 40% win probability in the game in Salt Lake City.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Most of the rest of the state has a 70 to 80 percent probability.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 25 Apr. 2023
  • What is the probability that all three of the points will be in the same hemisphere?
    — Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The site gives the Bucks a 57% win probability in Game 6.
    — Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2022
  • The site gives the Bucks a 55% win probability in Game 3.
    — Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022
  • The site gives the Rockets a 9% win probability in the game.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The older and bigger a whale got, the greater the probability of such a blast.
    — Randi Richardson, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • But in all probability, this would be in the first half of next year.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The site gives the Trail Blazers a 7% win probability against the Suns.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • The price of that contract changes with the probability of the outcome.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The site gives the Mystics a 30% win probability in Game 1 of the series.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • The couple are more bullish—Chen puts the probability as high as 98%.
    — Will Henshall, TIME, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The Air Raid stretches the field, creates one-on-ones and leads to high probability throws as well.
    — oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2022
  • These probabilities are strongest along the Gulf Coast and for most of Texas.
    — Nikki Nolan, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
  • In a strange twist, though, there’s a high probability of rain for Sunday’s game.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • Traders now see a 28% probability of such a mega-hike, up from just 3% a week ago, according to CME Group.
    — Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2022
  • If the Rams had lost, their playoff probabilities would fall with them.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
  • There’s a high probability that the text will then be removed from the library and taken away from all the children instead of just the one.
    — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
  • All projections and probabilities are rounded to the nearest whole number.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The phone numbers were picked at random using a probability proportionate to size method, which means phone numbers are proportionally representative to the number of voters in all regions across the state.
    — Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025

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