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Meanings of tossing a coin in English
Practice of throwing a coin in the air to choose between two alternatives.
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Examples for "coin flipping"
Examples for "coin flipping"
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Seriously, though, how is it that no learner can beat coin flipping?
2
Anyone want to talk about my latest iPhone coin flipping or virtual cigarette lighter app?
3
"Looks like a coin flipping," Alec muttered.
1
He'll be able to spin it if necessary and choose heads or tails.
2
The public and press couldn't make heads or tails of the whole thing.
3
This is simply a variation of heads or tails, or odd or even.
4
I can't make heads or tails out of what he's saying.
5
Beyond runs of heads or tails, this couldn't be a coincidence.
1
That infernal coin tossing.
2
9-31), used by generations of statistics teachers to illustrate the canonical random process of coin tossing.
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The next day he was on the sideline for the coin toss.
2
The ICC is considering scrapping the traditional coin toss from test cricket.
3
I said what's the most you ever saw lost on a coin toss.
4
Right now it seems like a coin toss as to whether that's likely.
5
They decide whose name would go first with a coin toss.
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The odds of a coin flip coming up heads are 50 percent.
2
But of course, he has no choice but to call the coin flip.
3
And you can see the exact same phenomenon at work in coin flip.
4
Basically, it would be a coin flip as to whether it would work.
5
His family served as honorary captains for the Jets during the coin flip.
1
Spurling's sign is no more predictive of cervical disc disease than flipping a coin.
2
In the end, though, I suspect my odds are just as good flipping a coin.
3
We can settle it nicely by flipping a coin.
4
It's like flipping a coin -it adds another side and depth to the songs.
5
The odds of flipping a coin twice and getting heads both times are 25 percent.
Usage of tossing a coin in English
1
She leapt from the cab while tossing a coin into the front seat.
2
A simple example of a random series is provided by repeatedly tossing a coin.
3
That I should think of tossing a coin.
4
Hmm… After tossing a coin and spinning a roulette wheel, here's what I have come up with.
5
That's about the same chance of tossing a coin 12 times and having it show heads each time.
6
So it wasn't like they were tossing a coin to see which of those two they would draft.
7
Probably, at least part of the time, but at any specific moment it would be as unpredictable as tossing a coin.
8
Just as unlikely would it be that in tossing a coin five heads or five tails should follow each other consecutively.
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For example, three sigma is often described as the equivalent of repeatedly tossing a coin and getting nine heads in a row.
10
He then slammed Team USA for "dishonourably" tossing a coin to decide who would have the honour of carrying the flag.
11
She was always consulting the marguerites, or the clouds, or tossing a coin in the air to see whether she was loved or not.
12
He said the vote had seen two prospective candidates tossing a coin to see which of them would first serve as a Minister of State.
13
'Your foretellings are no more accurate than tossing a coin.'
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"Here's a crown," said Max, tossing a coin which was neatly caught by the grimy hand of the smith.
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Translations for tossing a coin
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