Example Sentences

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The danger arises when people believe that the model is retrieving truth rather than generating likelihoods.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Defense departments around the world are preparing for higher likelihoods of conflict.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

In the end, Mr. Murray approaches the whole question less as a person of faith than as a social scientist, weighing likelihoods and limiting his conclusions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

"We were given an endless list of likelihoods for Anna’s development and that they weren't going to be straightforward," she said.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

But in this case his words sound like truth, and are supported by all the likelihoods that can grow from what we should presume to have been the Poet's natural turn of mind.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman