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When you ask ChatGPT and other AIs to recommend a product or service, odds are the top answers were put there by humans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
“His odds are the lowest of any guy I’ve seen in a long time, and players are piling on him.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2021
Bolstering these odds are the record number of candidates in the field; Democrats are running everywhere, and the party has recruited a number of skilled and experienced challengers.
From Slate • May 22, 2018
Since the last person to walk on the moon was 46 years ago, odds are the next - if there is a next - wasn’t in the Wheeler gymnasium.
From Washington Times • Sep. 15, 2016
If you lose your purse the loss is cried in church, 296 and the odds are the purse comes back that day.
From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.
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