The word "probabilities" is correct.
It is used to refer to the likelihood or chance of something happening.
Example: "The probabilities of winning the lottery are extremely low."
Alternatives: "chances" or "likelihoods."
That said, Epstein believes that on the balance of probabilities Gatlin could potentially be benefiting from his past drug use.
Maybe, maybe not, although perhaps the fact that Rupert Murdoch and the neoconservative right he represents purport to be philosemitic these days might tip the balance of probabilities into the "not" camp.
The reviewer, Julian Gizzi, has concluded that, on the balance of probabilities, no one associated with any of the three schools in question received more than the requisite half a day's notice of the date of their inspection.
But with genetics in your favour, the probabilities of infection are likely to be lower.
Once assigned, the probabilities of all constituencies are added up to generate a forecast of the total number of seats for each party.
The document read: "On the balance of probabilities, we find that Mr Bellusci used the word 'nero' once, in the context that he claims, and that Mr Jerome misheard or misinterpreted what was said as 'negro'negro
By creating these possibilities, he brought upon himself the responsibility of sustaining them and convening them into probabilities.
When driving a car, for example, these many probabilities will be collated to make decisions such as whether or not to brake.
Words like "may" or "possible" can mean anything from probabilities as low as 0.001% to as high as 60% or 70%.
They enable the authors to assign probabilities to their projections.
It is not possible to say categorically that climate change has caused any individual storm, flood or heatwave.But scientific attribution does not require certainty; it deals in probabilities.
