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Meanings of extreme improbability in English

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Usage of extreme improbability in English
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Another favourite metaphor for extreme improbability is the combination lock on a bank vault.
The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
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A wider survey suggests the extreme improbability of a single visitation having such far-reaching consequences.
The History of England / From the Accession of Henry III. to the...
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One can merely speak of extreme improbability.
The Bride of Dreams
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But the thing it has in common with the freakish weather events of today is its extreme improbability.
The Guardian
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His first thought naturally was, "It's Hilda!" in spite of the extreme improbability of it being Hilda.
Clayhanger
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Surely only a writer whose imaginative resources were utterly depleted would fall back on a situation of such extreme improbability?
The Guardian
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He knew this, but trusted to the extreme improbability of Bushmen frequenting a place where there was nothing to plunder.
After London; Or, Wild England
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Ester followed the glance of her eye, and laughed softly at the extreme improbability of her hope being realized, while he answered gravely:
Ester Ried
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And even this fact must needs, on account of its extreme improbability, remain untold in an investigation which was based upon logic alone.
The Clique of Gold
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I would also draw attention to the fact noted in the text-theextreme improbability of Wauchier, a continental writer, inventing an insular and Welsh source.
From Ritual to Romance
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1 chance in 60, which means an extreme improbability.
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved in 50 Arguments
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"It is not a question of badness; it is a question of whether circumstances don't make the thing an extreme improbability."
Roderick Hudson
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Extreme improbability across language varieties
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