Scenario Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

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In the banking giant’s first scenario, if the summit is canceled or postponed, market concerns over a rise in inflation would increase, leading to a slowdown in global growth.

From MarketWatch

The bank’s economics team suggests China is more resilient in facing a prolonged high oil-price scenario stemming from the Middle East conflict, with inflation projected to rise 0.7 percentage point.

From The Wall Street Journal

Founder Shield incorporates "AI malfunction and hallucination" scenarios specifically into professional services policies covering losses the technology causes clients.

From Barron's

Right on cue, Reeves told the Times this weekend the government was "working through different scenarios" it could take.

From BBC

Thus “doomsday scenario,” as he called it, has become so grim that van de Ven has entirely stopped checking his phone.

From The Wall Street Journal