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near certainty

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meanings of nearand certainty


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near
adjective[before noun]
uk /nɪər/ us /nɪr/
not far away in distance, time, characteristics, ...
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certainty
noun
uk /ˈsɜː.tən.ti/ us /ˈsɝː.tən.ti/
something that cannot ...
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Examples of near certainty


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Under these circumstances, retrenchment was a nearcertainty; the only issue was which groups would bear the burden of spending reductions.
Mechanistic models are required to provide the understanding needed for intelligent and flexible management, given the nearcertainty of changing environmental and economic conditions.
A blood transfusion with its attendant risks was also a nearcertainty.
Hence, in contrast to many basin-scale stratigraphic indicators, the ancient shoreline often can be identified with nearcertainty and its position tightly constrained.
Suppose we discovered that the use of mobile telephones within 50 meters of a pregnant woman resulted in a high probability, nearcertainty, of early miscarriage.
It is the one nearcertainty for the future that business, government and society can plan for.
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If it does not so provide there is the possibility—indeed the nearcertainty—of serious economic damage to this country.
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If it is sold on the open market, the likelihood of break-up amounts to nearcertainty.
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But detection itself becomes an idle exercise unless it is followed for the guilty with the nearcertainty of conviction.
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They have to live with the knowledge of the nearcertainty that they will develop a disease.
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I agree with him that the nearcertainty of being caught is a strong deterrent.
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This he regards as the likelihood of detection followed by, for the guilty, the nearcertainty of conviction.
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My constituents do not accept, and no thinking person will accept, the inevitability of such intrusion, carrying as it does the probability and perhaps nearcertainty of aggravation and intensification.
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But if the effort is not made and reliance is placed disproportionately on punishment, imprisonment and deterrence, there is a nearcertainty that things will get worse.
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That suspicion is now a nearcertainty.
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The words "nearcertainty" were used.
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So there is the nearcertainty that legislation would encourage major firms to extend the credit terms on which they are willing to do business with small suppliers.
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