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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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In fact, the DeepMind team calculated the chances of a human playing it at one in 10,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

The weaker-than-expected July jobs report lowers — but does not eliminate — the chances of an interest-rate hike at the Federal Reserve’s next meeting in September.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

The secondary market allows fans to re-sell their tickets, potentially opening chances to see sold-through or popular sports, but the prices could fluctuate drastically.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Perhaps the Rogers campaign is correct, and El-Sayed’s connection to the Twitch streamer will prove to be uniquely toxic, torpedoing his chances in the general.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

Skinny as I was, I didn’t want to take any chances, so I didn’t go far—just far enough to be surrounded by tall trees where no one from The Village would see me.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff