Likelihood
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505 examples of Likelihood in a sentence
All of them share the unfortunate
likelihood
that their situation will become worse before it improves.
After World War II, many countries with parliamentary systems reduced the
likelihood
of such instability by adopting the so-called “constructive vote of no confidence.”
At the core of preventing another banking crash is solving the problem of moral hazard – the
likelihood
that a risk-taker who is insured against loss will take more risks.
Any holder of Greek debt, especially long-term debt, must calculate the
likelihood
that Greece’s political system will prove strong enough to push through the reforms needed to enable the country to service its debt fully (and on time).
But America’s determination to destabilize Iran and the Iranian government’s determination to retain power reduce the
likelihood
of this scenario.
People’s discomfort with the findings stemmed largely from faulty intuition: if earlier and more frequent screening increases the
likelihood
of detecting a possibly fatal cancer, then more screening is always desirable.
The “availability heuristic” – a pervasive cognitive bias caused by people’s tendency to estimate the
likelihood
of a phenomenon by how easily an example of it comes to mind – routinely clouds the issue.
And with prospects for substantial inflows of foreign capital dimming, there is little
likelihood
of an investment rebound.Even before Trump’s election, foreign investors approached Iran cautiously, signing projects but holding back on actually committing funds.
And with prospects for substantial inflows of foreign capital dimming, there is little
likelihood
of an investment rebound.
Indeed, the sheikhs will know that, in all likelihood, concerns about global warming will increase over time.
In particular, they could use production costs in more expensive countries as a proxy for true Chinese costs, increasing both the
likelihood
of a dumping finding and the estimated margin of dumping.
That is why domestic competition policies typically require evidence of anti-competitive practices or the
likelihood
of successful predation.
The longer it takes for these companies to recognize their systemic importance, the greater the
likelihood
of a more powerful backlash by governments and the public, hurting the companies and undermining their ability to continue producing innovations that genuinely boost consumers’ wellbeing.
And, in all likelihood, some would even dream of an eventual march into Kyiv.
The US tariffs will balance those domestic pressures and increase the
likelihood
that China will accelerate the reduction in subsidized excess capacity.
In all likelihood, a slew of countries will see output declines of 4-5% in 2009, with some.
The hope is that such reforms will reduce the
likelihood
and severity of systemic risk.
Not only does this severely undermine the ability of small firms to compete, but it also contributes to systemic instability of the type that we experienced in 2008, thus increasing the
likelihood
that taxpayers will have to step in.
That would increase the
likelihood
of ISIS-inspired attacks – for example, “lone wolves” blowing themselves up or driving trucks through crowded pedestrian areas – within the US.
The
likelihood
that luck alone could have produced such large and consistent differences in economic performance is extremely low – a point that can be illustrated even without fancy econometrics.
Yet if the provider of such a service goes bankrupt or runs into difficulties, there is little
likelihood
that any national government would be called on to bail it out.
So it is convenient for them to downplay the
likelihood
that risks to the world’s financial system will be spread more evenly than the benefits.
Excessive high-frequency/algorithmic trading will raise the
likelihood
of “flash crashes.”
This principle leads people to advocate enormously costly actions to prevent disasters that are even more enormous but whose
likelihood
highly uncertain.
If a disaster is unacceptable, then, no matter how uncertain the
likelihood
of its occurrence, it must be prevented.
The Western argument that Russia’s intervention in Syria only increases the
likelihood
of attacks on Russia’s territory holds little weight with Putin.
Periods of strong economic growth allow countries to put in place defenses to reduce the
likelihood
and severity of future downturns.
The manner in which business crafts its case can affect the
likelihood
of success.
With increased membership, the enlarged EU will move towards greater unanimity, which makes decision-making even more difficult, and increases the
likelihood
of blocking coalitions of members.
Its credibility in doing so, and therefore its
likelihood
of success, would be far greater if it were to intervene now to establish a no-fly zone to protect civilians in the opposition neighborhoods of Syria’s cities.
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