thinkable

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Recent Examples of thinkable King and his wife, Tonya (Kacie Rogers, lending a no-nonsense freshness to the role for which Viola Davis won a Tony Award), are battling over whether a future is even thinkable. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024 Every thinkable type of casino game is also on offer. Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024 But, prior to the decision, four conservative justices, including Roberts, signaled receptivity to considering the theory as entirely thinkable. Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2023 The unthinkable is all too thinkable: a major conflict on European soil with the unpredictability, the combustibility, and the ultimate futility of an extended military clash. Michael Kimmage, The New Republic, 7 Feb. 2022 See All Example Sentences for thinkable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkable
Adjective
  • The experience is designed to remove every conceivable travel friction—no airport security woes, no layovers, and certainly no baggage claim waits.
    Caroline Tell, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • But then the robot armies are expanded by AIs that autonomously desire them to be built, and are purchasing them autonomously, and building factories autonomously that then turn around and kill everyone is conceivable.
    Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • He’s covered every sport imaginable, from Little League to the World Series to the Olympics.
    David Ammenheuser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Takeout Tournament Before dreaming up the wildest theme imaginable, give yourself a realistic budget.
    Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The commonalities begin with a propensity to juggle more projects, more or less simultaneously, than would seem humanly plausible.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Dongju Zhang, an archaeologist and professor at China’s Lanzhou University who wasn’t involved in the study, said both hypotheses were plausible, if speculative.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Fans began speculating about a possible Thug album dropping later that night.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The six-year initiative, ending in November 2025, aims to shed light on the possible timeframes during which Mars might have been warm and wet, covered in glaciers, and maybe even suitable for life.
    Jonathan O’Callaghan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2025

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