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Recent Examples of thinkable
This bet-the-business kind of change would not previously have been thinkable.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkable
Adjective
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Various nuclear-capable nations, including close ally Canada, have decided that any conceivable benefits are simply not worth the expense and risks.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Mikheyev has played the wing on every line in just about every conceivable role.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Historically Black colleges and universities have always operated beyond imaginable expectations, achieving remarkable outcomes with extraordinarily limited resources, while navigating multitudes of systemic constraints.—
Christina Alexis,
AJC.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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The couple recently opened up about what keeps their relationship solid as Skattebo’s fame continues to skyrocket across every platform imaginable.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Yet Schlossberg now stands a plausible, perhaps strong, chance of winning the Democratic primary (and thus the general election).—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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This is a plausible assertion, given that, by the time Tennyson entered adulthood, the British intellectual class—and, for that matter, much of the rest of the world—had been turned on its head by scientific breakthroughs, above all in geology and astronomy.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Forecasters are calling for feet of accumulation in the Sierra Nevada, with more than 30 inches possible near Donner Pass by today.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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When stopping by the roadside is your only option, position your vehicle as far off the road as possible, ideally beyond guardrails.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Thinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinkable. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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