coin tosses
Heads or tails
Coin tosses are instances of flipping a coin to decide something by chance, with outcomes determined by which side lands facing up.
The coin toss serves as a model of pure randomness—a fifty-fifty proposition: The referee conducted coin tosses before each game.
Figuratively, any decision left to chance resembles a coin toss: At this point, the election is a coin toss.
- headsTop of bodies
- fifty-fiftySplit equally between two
- even oddsEqual probability both ways
- tie-breakerContest settling stalemate
- split decisionNon-unanimous judicial outcome
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Assured truths
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Systems rewarding ability
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