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chances

  • plural
    of chance.
    chance
    noun
    the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency.
  • present tense form
    of chance (3rd person singular).
    chance
    noun
    the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency.

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“And if you don’t do that, the chances are much greater that you’re just going to hoard it.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Hedricks had 30 hits, 23 RBIs and 20 runs with 26 putouts in 26 chances last season as Dos Pueblos advanced to the Division 3 semifinals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The CME Group's FedWatch tool put the chances of an increase at more than 56 percent after figures Friday showed the US economy created far more jobs than expected in August.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

If you can imagine it folded into a strata, gratin or savory bread pudding, chances are it has a home here, too.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

I figured if I was going to the Nile or theAmazon, I’d have to take a few chances.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney