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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a likely case" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation or scenario that seems probable or plausible.
Example: "Given the evidence presented, this appears to be a likely case of fraud."
Alternatives: "a probable scenario" or "a plausible situation."
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Some local residents, said they believed it was a likely case of sabotage.
Here was a likely case of human-to-human transmission, a critical pre-pandemic stage.
Therefore, a likely case for experimental verification consists in an enzymic reaction accompanied by proteolytic degradation of the substrate transforming enzyme due to the presence of a protease.
Her case was formally diagnosed on Oct. 28, but she had been listed as a likely case as early as Oct. 23.
Dominica seems a likely case in point.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has, however, confirmed a likely case of sexual transmission.
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In the most likely case, an emergency will prompt the evacuation of a single building.
But if you are selling a company where the likely case is it's just the money and they are going to slowly kill the company, that's not a very exciting prospect.
That is the more likely case in a prison, where a helpless inmate would be unlikely to resist the sexual overtures of a guard or interrogator.
Of the eight systemically important U.S. banking institutions, Wells Fargo provides the most likely case for a bridge bank strategy, given the relatively small size of its nonbank and foreign operations.
In early December Russia's deputy prosecutor started to talk on the record about a likely third case against Mr Khodorkovsky, which had "very good potential".
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