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Recent Examples of unlikelihood
Trump’s deeply divisive status, particularly in the D.C. area, adds to the unlikelihood.
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Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025
All of this is to say that while the White House publicly maintains its displeasure with the Supreme Court for signaling its unlikelihood to let the tariffs stand, there’s a chance that the court’s refusal to play ball could prove a blessing in disguise.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
Chris Appelhans, Kang’s co-director, agreed about the unlikelihood of a live-action version.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 17 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
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Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025
All of this is to say that while the White House publicly maintains its displeasure with the Supreme Court for signaling its unlikelihood to let the tariffs stand, there’s a chance that the court’s refusal to play ball could prove a blessing in disguise.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
Chris Appelhans, Kang’s co-director, agreed about the unlikelihood of a live-action version.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 17 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlikelihood
Noun
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Each, by necessity, hoists the other by its bootstraps out of abject improbability.—
David W. Brown,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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The challenge of weather-app creation lies both in the improbability of accurately predicting the weather and in the difficulty of designing something that works for any user, anywhere.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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 24 Apr. 2026.
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