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in all probability

Idioms  
  1. Also, in all likelihood. Most likely, almost certainly. For example, In all probability we'll be home for Christmas. This expression was first recorded in 1617, the variant in 1664.


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“Everybody is going to go through it again, and the outcome in all probability is going to be the same,” said Jim Pasco, the executive director of the National Fraternal Order of Police.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

Those behind the attempt have never been found — and in all probability, never will be.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

Elizabeth — or as Charles calls her, “darling mama” — ruled Britannia for a record-shattering 70 years, longer than any of her predecessors and, in all probability, any of her successors.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2022

May 2015 in all probability, when he scored the equaliser in Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Chelsea.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2021

The story was clever enough to have had by itself, in all probability, the desired effect; but Poseidon, the most bitter of all the gods against Troy, contrived an addition which made the issue certain.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton