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Noun
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Each, by necessity, hoists the other by its bootstraps out of abject improbability.—
David W. Brown,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026 -
The challenge of weather-app creation lies both in the improbability of accurately predicting the weather and in the difficulty of designing something that works for any user, anywhere.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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His starting point was not optimism about the likelihood of human agreement but a sober recognition of its unlikelihood.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Or, what happens in the unlikelihood that the taxi is hacked via radio waves that program the thing, and then goes nuts?—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Preventability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preventability. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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