How to Use outside chance in a Sentence

outside chance

noun

• There’s an outside chance of a late-day shower or storm, with highs in the mid-80s.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
• The Padres did not pay nearly $250 million for an outside chance at a wild-card spot.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2023
• But Bradish, the best starting pitcher on the AL’s best team, also has an outside chance of winning the award.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2023
• Generally, if a horse is on the bubble and among the top 24 there’s an outside chance of making the field.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
• What are your reasonable hopes? To get off to a better start than last year and have an outside chance at the wild card.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023
• The men have their usual outside chance in the team event, and Brody Malone, who’ll be favored on high bar, has an all-around shot.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
• Butler has an outside chance to make his seventh All Star game.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
• There’s even an outside chance at a sprinkle toward dawn.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
• By Sunday night, some of our colder areas could see lows slip into the 30s, with an outside chance of frost.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• The Panthers are just 3-6 on the season, but still have an outside chance at securing a playoff spot.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2023
• Of the two, Saw X has the potential to be a modest horror hit at the box office, while there’s an outside chance that The Creator is the next big sci-fi thing.
  — Vulture, 26 Sep. 2023
• There’s just an outside chance that this cooler weather delays peak bloom long enough for the Park Service’s peak bloom forecast of March 23 to 26 to be correct.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• Baldwin now has an outside chance of working himself into the back end of the rotation for the postseason.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2023
• Sunday: There’s an outside chance that a shower will linger into morning.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
• Overnight, skies average partly cloudy with just an outside chance of a stray shower nearer dawn.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
• And while more rain and snow are on the way, there’s at least an outside chance of warm storms that could start melting the Sierra Nevada snowpack earlier than desired, Hayley Smith writes.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• But there’s an outside chance the FDA will seek to remove Lumakras from the market, undoing what had been a story of scientific triumph.
  — Damian Garde, STAT, 4 Oct. 2023
• Confidence: Medium-High Sunday: Wall-to-wall sunshine and blue skies are possible, with an outside chance of a couple of low morning clouds here and there.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• Tablet readers have an outside chance of duplicating this effect.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2010
• The Kings still have an outside chance of securing the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference playoff race, but play-in position is the immediate concern with only eight games remaining in the regular season.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024