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 Instead, there are a handful of potential conflicts that would be limited and would involve conventional arms, which makes war thinkable. John Mearsheimer, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021 See All Example Sentences for thinkable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkable
Adjective
  • Lorenzo Valla, a brilliant scholar of the mid-fifteenth century, totally destroyed and demolished the text of the Donation on every conceivable level.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • His catalogue runs to about four hundred scores, including sixteen operas, fifteen ballets, thirty or so concertante pieces, and chamber works for every conceivable instrumental combination.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The store has all the classics like Pez, taffy and every flavor of Jelly Belly imaginable.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The former was shell-shocked by one of the worst offensive lines imaginable in 2021 and eventually flat-lined.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Advertisement Still, how plausible is Bigelow’s tick-tock nightmare?
    Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
  • There were plausible reasons to sell senior players Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Jarell Quansah and Caoimhin Kelleher — given the sums that were offered, or the fact that the players themselves were pushing for moves — but none had to be sold.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Having initially faced 20 years in jail, the additional indictments raised his possible jail term to 45 years, with a mandatory minimum of five years in federal prison.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Each restaurant in Jefferson County is scored out of a possible 100 points.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Thinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinkable. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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