How to Use certainty in a Sentence

certainty

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  • There was no certainty that the package would arrive in time.
  • Scientists still do not know with any degree of certainty why the disease spread so quickly.
  • Her certainty about these complex moral issues is surprising.
  • There's more certainty that those will come in the late afternoon and evening.
    — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 19 May 2024
  • There is at least moderate certainty that the net benefit is small.
    — Amy Isler, Rn, Msn, Csn, Verywell Health, 3 May 2024
  • The history of this office shows there is no job promotion certainty.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques, TIME, 6 July 2024
  • Yet there is no obvious moderate to enter the race, and even if one did, there is no certainty how the public would react.
    — Erika Solomon, New York Times, 21 May 2024
  • The savagery that emerges from Daniel’s paranoia — or justified certainty?
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
  • Outfielder Lane Thomas is another option, but that’s far from a certainty.
    — Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
  • There is no certainty that replacing Biden as the Democratic nominee won’t make things worse.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
  • The result, which was a 97% certainty entering the lottery, cements what was technically a loose end.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
  • The tax experts consulted for this article universally assigned the highest level of certainty to cash spent to acquire an asset.
    — Paul Kiel, Fortune, 11 May 2024
  • Bringing down inflation, providing more certainty to farmers and protecting gun rights are among her priorities.
    — Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2024
  • There is high certainty that the net benefit is moderate or there is moderate certainty that the net benefit is moderate to substantial.
    — Amy Isler, Rn, Msn, Csn, Verywell Health, 3 May 2024
  • Such certainty is possible only in retrospect, however.
    — Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Your sword of certainty can cut through the fog of doubt.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The certainty that Ramadan would end, and so would the hunger, made the days easier.
    — Zaina Arafat, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • While not a certainty, the strong players are looking good to achieve this goal.
    — Richard Bishop, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Heading into the draft, there was no certainty beyond the No. 1 pick and even that wasn’t a lock.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 28 Apr. 2023
  • There was never a doubt in my mind—still isn’t—and in some ways this certainty unnerved me.
    — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Yet the emotion — the certainty of losses past and still to come — felt powerful and new.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • There is no certainty Bronny will make the NBA, let alone be a star, let alone be what his father is.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Making that work with a new contract is not a certainty, but the groundwork for it will start this week.
    — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
  • But Jones’ return to the Patriots this time around might not be a certainty.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Both seemed defined by the same certainty that the country had reached a sort of cultural precipice.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2024
  • One certainty would seem to be that a loss in Green Bay would be devastating.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • His answer did not provide any certainty, as has been the case throughout the summer.
    — Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Experts say it’s too soon to know with certainty what the upcoming fire season has in store.
    — Hayley Smithstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Peg is a role that Gilman wrote with Fisher in mind, and Fisher approaches it with a chilled certainty.
    — In Swing State, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2023
  • At that point, there were ideas, but no certainty what would be in store for Inter Miami.
    — Sam Sklar, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023

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