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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

The prospect of a grand finale extinguished, both for the innings and now, in all probability, for the tournament, too.

From BBC Aug. 22, 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

You would have been hard-pressed to find anyone in Wall who would have argued with him, though; she turned many heads and, in all probability, broke many hearts.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

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