in the unlikely event

Idioms  

1. If something improbable should occur. For example, In the unlikely event that I'm held up, please cover for me, or In the unlikely event that we should have snow in May, we're still well equipped to cope with it. Also see under in case, def. 2.

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Example Sentences

In the unlikely event it did open up significant additional production, the addition to world supply would depress oil prices.

From The Wall Street Journal

The best part is that earnings estimates won’t take a large hit in the unlikely event that the administration successfully scraps CVOW.

From Barron's

A draw would only be enough for Alex Neil's side to finish in the top six in the unlikely event Bristol City lose by five goals and Blackburn fail to win - or in an even more implausible situation that Bristol City lose 4-0, Millwall draw 12-12 and Blackburn fail to win for the Lions to finish sixth on goals scored.

From BBC

In the unlikely event that the asteroid’s trajectory connects with Earth, its point of impact would be somewhere along a “risk corridor” that extends across the eastern Pacific Ocean, northern South America, the Atlantic Ocean, the Arabian Sea and South Asia, according to the International Asteroid Warning Network.

From Los Angeles Times

In the unlikely event that the asteroid’s trajectory is toward Earth, its destination would be somewhere along a “risk corridor” that extends across the eastern Pacific Ocean, northern South America, the Atlantic Ocean, the Arabian Sea and South Asia.

From Los Angeles Times