conditional probability

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as in percentage

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Recent Examples of conditional probability His lasting contribution came posthumously, in a Royal Society paper on conditional probability. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025 Fraud Detection As mentioned earlier, conditional probability allows firms to update risk assessments in real-time. — Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025 Thus was born, in these villages, the idea of conditional probabilities and, with it, the practice of conditional love. — Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024 The prosecutor’s fallacy emerges constantly in problems of conditional probability, leading us sirenlike towards precisely the wrong conclusions—and undetected, sends innocent people to jail. — David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2023 The Goldman team sees a 30% probability of entering a recession over the next year, up from 15% previously, and a 25% conditional probability of entering a recession in the second year if one is avoided in the first. — Enda Curran, Fortune, 21 June 2022 Each term in the Drake equation sets the conditional probability of the term that comes after. — Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2021 To calculate the probability of the outcome resulting from any particular branch (a conditional probability), the probabilities of the sequence of events are multiplied. — New York Times, 13 May 2020
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  1. percentage
  2. probability
  3. potential
  4. possibility
Noun
  • The percentage and number of women directors in 2025 has significantly decreased since 2024 (a record high 16 women), but was identical to 2008.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Other states set a specific percentage of interest that must be returned to borrowers.
    — P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • Following the July jobs report on Friday, those percentages shifted, according to CME Group’s FedWatch tool, which tracks probabilities of changes to the rate based on 30-Day Fed Funds futures prices.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There's now a 55% probability that the Fed holds rates unchanged at its September meeting, up from 45% on Thursday and just 33% one week ago, according to CME Fed Watch .
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of probability
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  • When, in late 2025, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signaled the potential for Japan to intervene in a conflict over Taiwan, China suspended more than $86 million in purchases of Japanese seafood and sake.
    — Caitlin Welsh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Clinicians understand the pressures facing care delivery and see the potential of AI to help healthcare work better for them and their patients.
    — Jeff DiLullo, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of potential
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  • When asked about that possibility following the trade deadline, Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow notably didn’t rule it out.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Running a red light in Texas is a Class C misdemeanor that carries a fine between $155 and $286, along with the possibility of higher insurance costs.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026
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