Probable and Sure

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Probable adjective - Having a high chance of occurring.

Usage example: a probable outcome of the price increase will be lower consumption

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Sure and probable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sure" instead an adjective "Probable".

Sure adjective - Impossible to avoid or evade.

Usage example: the joke's a sure dud if you don't pause in the right places

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Probable and sure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Probable" instead an adjective "Sure".

Nearby Word: surely

And if creators who are Pandering to the Base have no idea that they are part of the base and no idea what their probable attitudes are, the pandering may backfire—and none who actually speak of the work will ever be sure why...

Source: Silent Majority
It's actually far more heartwarming than it sounds, as given how things ultimately turned out, the most probable reason for why they did so was to ensure that even if they passed away, they'd have descendants to make sure that Watanuki's never alone.

Source: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder
Sure, all the animals in fairy-tale land Andalasia can talk (and sing), but once Pip the Chipmunk is transported to the real world, he loses his ability to speak, and instead communicates using equally-improbable gesticulating, miming and (more probable) chipmunk sounds.

Source: Talking Animal

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