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Recent Examples of unlikelihood
Chris Appelhans, Kang’s co-director, agreed about the unlikelihood of a live-action version.
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Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Details matter, unlikelihoods abound, but if Trump can pull this off, that would be a huge accomplishment.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 3 Oct. 2025
Despite the unlikelihood that Hurricane Erin is edging sharks closer to shore, National Weather Service meteorologists said people living along the East Coast, particularly North Carolina, can expect the storm's impacts to continue through the remainder of the week.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
The increasing unlikelihood that the ultralow borrowing rates of the 2010s will come back any time soon has made the situation all the more dangerous.
—Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
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Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Details matter, unlikelihoods abound, but if Trump can pull this off, that would be a huge accomplishment.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 3 Oct. 2025
Despite the unlikelihood that Hurricane Erin is edging sharks closer to shore, National Weather Service meteorologists said people living along the East Coast, particularly North Carolina, can expect the storm's impacts to continue through the remainder of the week.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
The increasing unlikelihood that the ultralow borrowing rates of the 2010s will come back any time soon has made the situation all the more dangerous.
—Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlikelihood
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In response to a market-moving piece of dystopian fan fiction fearmongering about AI, Citadel Securities put out its own brief on the historical precedent for AI’s impact and the improbability that the technology will render humans unemployable any more than the typewriter or the internet did.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Every screening kicked off with a video tribute to him, and each replay drove home the sheer heroic improbability of what Redford had accomplished.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
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Ultimately, what could be fueling the excitement around Everyone Asked About You is the relative obscurity and unlikeliness of it all.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
15 Oct. 2025
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For the rest of the countries – Australia, U.K., France and Italy – the majority of consumers are neutral in regards to made in USA, but their likelihood to buy American is higher than their unlikeliness to buy.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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“Unlikelihood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlikelihood. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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