thinkable

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Recent Examples of thinkable This bet-the-business kind of change would not previously have been thinkable. Glenn Katz, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 That's but one of the once-unthinkable scenarios that seem more thinkable than ever. Axios, 22 Jan. 2025 Governments should also draft plans for what to do in the most important, thinkable scenarios, as well as how to deal with AGI’s many non-existential issues such as mass unemployment, runaway inequality, and energy consumption. Otto Barten, TIME, 16 May 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for thinkable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkable
Adjective
  • Internal divisions were another conceivable problem for Laporta in this election, especially over how club legends Messi and Xavi have been treated.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • In addition to button cells like this one, soft batteries could also be conceivable in the future.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • That meant convincingly rendering almost any object imaginable.
    Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
  • What kind of change was imaginable in this world?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • That 45-day mark is now looking pretty plausible.
    Ayana Underwood, Outside, 27 Mar. 2026
  • For weeks, both cases have seemed equally plausible to the market.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • On Tuesday, there were some indications from Washington on a possible de-escalation in the Mideast conflict.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026

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“Thinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinkable. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.

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