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Recent Examples of improbably
But Babcock, improbably, has a third chance.
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Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
There is a real distinction between a city unified by five fine starting players in a game that originally involved throwing a ball into a peach basket and that, however improbably, became the city game, and the bloody display in the nation’s capital.
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Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
What makes the show defy expectations, though, is the aw-shucks personalities of the young British duo at its core, improbably named Richard Young and Sam Strange.
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
Unless, of course, one apple is giant, glossy, improbably red, but also covered in pesticides, while the other is smaller, organic, perhaps a bit mealy in parts, but better for you in the ways that matter most.
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Alli Forde,
Travel + Leisure,
8 June 2026
Each clearly relishes still sharing the stage with a rock legend who, improbably, is now 85-going-on-just-17.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
The knife company, improbably, did.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
The latest in a string of shows about a nice-seeming suburban mom entangled in a web of improbably dark crime, this iteration stars Tatiana Maslany, Jake Johnson, and Dolly De Leon.
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Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
22 May 2026
What turned the switch on, improbably, was Klonopin, a widely available muscle relaxer commonly used to treat seizure disorders and panic attacks.
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Casey Ross,
STAT,
19 May 2026
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
There is a real distinction between a city unified by five fine starting players in a game that originally involved throwing a ball into a peach basket and that, however improbably, became the city game, and the bloody display in the nation’s capital.
—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
What makes the show defy expectations, though, is the aw-shucks personalities of the young British duo at its core, improbably named Richard Young and Sam Strange.
—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
Unless, of course, one apple is giant, glossy, improbably red, but also covered in pesticides, while the other is smaller, organic, perhaps a bit mealy in parts, but better for you in the ways that matter most.
—
Alli Forde,
Travel + Leisure,
8 June 2026
Each clearly relishes still sharing the stage with a rock legend who, improbably, is now 85-going-on-just-17.
—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
The knife company, improbably, did.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
The latest in a string of shows about a nice-seeming suburban mom entangled in a web of improbably dark crime, this iteration stars Tatiana Maslany, Jake Johnson, and Dolly De Leon.
—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
22 May 2026
What turned the switch on, improbably, was Klonopin, a widely available muscle relaxer commonly used to treat seizure disorders and panic attacks.
—
Casey Ross,
STAT,
19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for improbably
Adverb
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Designers of these technologies have to be sensitive to the fact that consumers will invite these tools into their personal lives and homes, meaning that privacy and the scope of what will be collected must be incredibly strict.
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Doing both puts a lot of stress on the brain when temperatures rise, and some people are incredibly sensitive to it.
Adverb
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The impossibly long, impossibly agile forward who could switch onto point guards one possession and battle centers the next.
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Thanks to one impossibly cocky fighter pilot named Maverick, Reagan-era America never felt better about itself — or its military might.
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“Improbably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/improbably. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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