outside chance

noun

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

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While Kieran Trippier and Joelinton are unlikely to play again this season, Joe Willock has an outside chance of returning from a knee problem. Chris Waugh, New York Times, 16 May 2025 So, Horschel still has an outside chance to make up some ground. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025 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 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 3 Jun. 2025.

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