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even chance

NOUN
  1. an unpredictable phenomenon
    it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose

How To Use even chance In A Sentence

  • We knew there was an even chance that the operation would fail.
  • There is a suggestion that offspring do not have an even chance of inheriting a trait from either parent.
  • The film is a relatively conventional romantic comedy, based loosely on Buster Keaton's silent Seven Chances.
  • If you know the word lexicographer, there’s a better-than-even chance you also know Samuel Johnson’s self-mocking definition of it: “a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification ofwords.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Guestblogging Dictionary Myths (Pt 4):
  • If ever a breath hath come to me of the creative breath, and of the heavenly necessity which compelleth even chances to dance star – dances: Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none
  • She has more than an even chance of winning tomorrow.
  • My point was that getting beat by a weekly is a particular shame, since as a daily you have seven chances a week to do a story before they even publish again. Garrett Square Redone, Renamed at cvillenews.com
  • If you know the word lexicographer, there’s a better-than-even chance you also know Samuel Johnson’s self-mocking definition of it: “a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Guestblogging Dictionary Myths (Pt 4):
  • There's an even chance that the jury will find him guilty.
  • If you are not convinced, I have little doubt but that I am wrong; and in fact I was only _half convinced_ by my own arguments, and I now think there is about an even chance that Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1
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