improbability

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Noun
  • Further dimming the prospects of peace is the unlikelihood that any of the developments that could change Putin’s calculus will materialize.
    Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2022
  • The unlikelihood of this turn of events—a niece being the first to find her uncle’s corpse—dissipates into the dynamic of the call: Shula’s bored, patient matter-of-factness, her father’s jolly, scattershot drunkenness.
    Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The unlikeliness of such a contemporary saint has led to a staggering amount of enthusiasm for Carlo’s cause.
    Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Ball, 27, isn’t just fighting against the unlikeliness of his knee recovery.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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