Sentence examples for discount the likelihood from inspiring English sources

I think we should not at all discount the likelihood that the Republicans will have a female candidate.

But the E.P.A.'s scientists did not discount the likelihood that any chemical that disrupts the hypothalamus, pituitary and gonads in one animal species would also cause problems in other species, whether frogs or people.

But neither do they discount the likelihood that the nine Federal Reserve rate cuts this year, with another one widely predicted by the end of this month, have some effect on mortgages.

The Time article then goes on, however, to discount the likelihood that there is any trend here at all, saying, "For one thing, the cases are unconnected".

That would erroneously discount the likelihood of racial prejudice rearing its ugly head in local and statewide elections.

But to suspect that the singer is cynically working to ingratiate herself with the liberal elite is to discount the likelihood that most of her fans live in red states like Tennessee.

The officials discounted the likelihood that Pakistani authorities were using harsh interrogation methods on Mullah Baradar.

For that reason, analysts have already discounted the likelihood that FedEx is Mr. Ackman's target.

Firms would start discounting the likelihood of a transition in the central case of their planning," Woods had said.

Regulators and federal courts have discounted the likelihood of multiple crises hitting a nuclear facility at the same time.

As for the special Congressional panel's effort to find $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts by Wednesday, investors were already discounting the likelihood of a breakthrough.