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in all probability

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  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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Though he wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Let’s Hit ‘Pause’ Before Altering Humankind,” Baltimore admitted later that genome-editing would in all probability take place sooner rather than later.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

But I know that such a thing will, in all probability, not happen to Trump.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2024

“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

Early in her career at Langley, Dorothy Lee was interviewed for the Daily Press, in all probability by Virginia Biggins, the female reporter assigned to the Langley beat.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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