Examples of chances are in a Sentence
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Name some of your favorite movies and chances are Reiner directed them.
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Lee Cowan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
There are optional add-ons like sea urchin, fatty tuna (o-toro) and barracuda, but chances are stomach real estate has become scarce, and the remaining three courses will close it down.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
And those chances are greater in September and March due to the equinox effect.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 24 Dec. 2025
The bond between a rider and their banshee doesn't break, and chances are your bond with this two-figure set won't either.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Indianapolis’ playoff chances are already hanging by a thread.
—Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
If your sad inflatable Santa looks more gloomy than your other jolly yard decor, chances are that no one else will want it either.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2025
The Cowboys’ chances are now at rock bottom after falling to the Vikings, 34-26, on Sunday night.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Their wild-card chances are dead.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Dec. 2025
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Lee Cowan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
There are optional add-ons like sea urchin, fatty tuna (o-toro) and barracuda, but chances are stomach real estate has become scarce, and the remaining three courses will close it down.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
And those chances are greater in September and March due to the equinox effect.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 24 Dec. 2025
The bond between a rider and their banshee doesn't break, and chances are your bond with this two-figure set won't either.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Indianapolis’ playoff chances are already hanging by a thread.
—Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
If your sad inflatable Santa looks more gloomy than your other jolly yard decor, chances are that no one else will want it either.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2025
The Cowboys’ chances are now at rock bottom after falling to the Vikings, 34-26, on Sunday night.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Their wild-card chances are dead.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Chances are.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chances%20are. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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