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		kevinventullo on Dec 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What we know about CEO shooting suspect For what it’s worth, I am a native English speaker and I disagree with the other poster. I would interpret “equally possible” similarly to how you did.

lukan on Dec 10, 2024 [–]

Thank you, I suspected as much. That it is at least ambiguous.

dartos on Dec 10, 2024 | [–]

Isn’t English fun?

I think “possible” has a less precise connotation than “probable” which suggests some statistics.

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