as in unlikelihood
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Recent Examples of improbability
Its improbability became its greatest charm.
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Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Capella Space, Umbra, and ICEYE provide synthetic aperture radar satellites commercially—another improbability is that there is not just one but multiple commercial SAR companies in the world.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
This is due to the extreme improbability that camera errors would correlate with specific historical dates.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Capella Space, Umbra, and ICEYE provide synthetic aperture radar satellites commercially—another improbability is that there is not just one but multiple commercial SAR companies in the world.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
This is due to the extreme improbability that camera errors would correlate with specific historical dates.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for improbability
Noun
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All of this is to say that while the White House publicly maintains its displeasure with the Supreme Court for signaling its unlikelihood to let the tariffs stand, there’s a chance that the court’s refusal to play ball could prove a blessing in disguise.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
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Chris Appelhans, Kang’s co-director, agreed about the unlikelihood of a live-action version.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, what could be fueling the excitement around Everyone Asked About You is the relative obscurity and unlikeliness of it all.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
15 Oct. 2025
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For the rest of the countries – Australia, U.K., France and Italy – the majority of consumers are neutral in regards to made in USA, but their likelihood to buy American is higher than their unlikeliness to buy.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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“Improbability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/improbability. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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