UNCERTAINTIES Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

uncertainties

noun

plural of uncertainty

as in doubts

a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something uncertainty about her job prospects has her worried

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Recent Examples of uncertainties Congress should require any major public health directive from an agency or its political leadership to include a scientific assessment describing the evidence, uncertainties, and why the action is proportionate to the threat. — Debra Houry, STAT, 28 Aug. 2026 In the meantime, news of the court's decision has created new uncertainties for voters that state and local election officials must grapple with weeks before Election Day. — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 The expansion comes at a time when uncertainties around trade policies have significant implications for the global exchange of goods and services, which could ultimately raise and pass costs on to the consumer. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026 And as many uncertainties as there are, a second video game is certainly not happening anytime soon. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The simulator uses this data to generate a probability model, which is a mathematical model that accounts for uncertainties about the future. — Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026 Though the Labour Party has overtaken Reform UK in several polls, early tremors in the bond market, driven by uncertainties over Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s agenda, could well lead to more political instability. — Jeremy Hunt, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2026 Of course, in addition, employees of both Paramount and WBD are also harmed by the uncertainties caused by the delay. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026 Document verified facts, uncertainties, limits and further evidence required. — Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026

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Any doubts over whether that deal would be concluded would have been banished as soon as Riad was taken off.

— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
In the past, Cofnas has expressed doubts about the intellectual abilities of Blacks in comparison to whites.

— Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of doubts

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Instead old habits, suspicions, anger and betrayal reign on both sides.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2026
Newcomers Álvarez and Knight couldn’t be better in their newlywed roles, convincing in their giddy love scenes, their casual affections, their unwanted suspicions and, most of all, their terror at whatever is lurking in the air and in their souls.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026

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