thinkable

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Recent Examples of thinkable King and his wife, Tonya (Kacie Rogers, lending a no-nonsense freshness to the role for which Viola Davis won a Tony Award), are battling over whether a future is even thinkable. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024 Every thinkable type of casino game is also on offer. Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024 But, prior to the decision, four conservative justices, including Roberts, signaled receptivity to considering the theory as entirely thinkable. Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2023 The unthinkable is all too thinkable: a major conflict on European soil with the unpredictability, the combustibility, and the ultimate futility of an extended military clash. Michael Kimmage, The New Republic, 7 Feb. 2022 See All Example Sentences for thinkable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkable
Adjective
  • Faced with no other conceivable options, Gladys ends the episode by running away from home and disappearing into the night.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 22 June 2025
  • What made the fraud conceivable was the depth of personal information the caller had obtained.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • No qualified hitter in baseball has improved his batting average more from 2024 than Meyers, one of the unforeseen surprises buoying an offense in need of any spark imaginable.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 26 June 2025
  • He’s covered every sport imaginable, from Little League to the World Series to the Olympics.
    David Ammenheuser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • That seems like a plausible outcome, but unpredictability is one of Trump’s hallmarks.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 29 June 2025
  • Some of his claims, while plausible, would require independent verification.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Much of this equipment, Weinreb notes, is at the cutting edge of the field, allowing imaging of the retina and other eye structures that was not possible not long ago.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
  • Because there was such little evidence, state police said further forensic testing was not possible.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025

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