within the range/realm of possibility

phrase

: possible
It is within the range/realm of possibility that he could get laid off.

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These outcomes would be unlikely, but within the realm of possibility. Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026 Some subzero overnight lows are well within the realm of possibility from eastern Montana to North Dakota, the weather service said. Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2025 Maybe not, given Chisholm’s occasional lapses, making a trade at least within the range of possibility. Levi Weaver, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 The Rock playing an MMA fighter in a biopic seems within the realm of possibility, but whatever this is definitely appears to be taking him out of his wheelhouse. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025 With the Yankees and Mets considered championship contenders in the season’s early going, a repeat of 2000 is within the realm of possibility. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025 In that scenario, a hung parliament remains within the realm of possibility. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025 That Affleck would fall for another ex named Jennifer certainly seems within the realm of possibility. Sam Reed, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2025 Is Israeli-Saudi normalization within the realm of possibility? John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025

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