outside chance

noun

: a small possibility
There's an outside chance that something could go wrong.

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Kingsley Coman, Aleksandar Pavlovic and Manuel Neuer were all unavailable against Inter, too, but all three have an outside chance of featuring next week. Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025 Player development is pivotal, and the team’s draft slotting is more significant than another outside chance at a playoff berth by way of a third straight Play-In Tournament, regardless of what Bulls chief basketball exec Artūras Karnišovas says publicly. Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025 There is also an outside chance of Champions League football being played at Craven Cottage come September. Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 Things could get a bit messier if Texas and South Carolina stumble (the Gamecocks certainly have the tougher final stretch), and in that case, LSU certainly has an outside chance. Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outside chance

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“Outside chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outside%20chance. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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