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| 99% | 4 | Exact Match! | ||
noun • the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring • the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another | ||||
| 25% | 9 | A long-shot or unlikely outcome | ||
noun • a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable | ||||
| 22% | 7 | Person unlikely to throw things away | ||
noun • a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use | ||||
Things Are Unlikely When They Are Long
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