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Listen 6 min Share Comment Save (3 stars) Calling Céline Dion one in a million undersells the unlikeliness of her career.
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Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
Highlighting the sheer unlikeliness of any book lasting for centuries, de Hamel shows how each of his subjects helped to preserve manuscripts for future generations, and finds in their stories hope for the survival of these unique works in the digital age and beyond.
—The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
Bogart and Bacall are as indelible a duo as there ever was, and Mann takes readers behind their legendary romance, exploring their individual careers, the stark age gap between them, and the unlikeliness of Bogart's movie stardom.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 10 May 2023
The sheer unlikeliness of the find (what would these creatures eat, after all?) cast doubt in the minds of some scientists that this is the organisms' true habitat.
—Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2010
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Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
Highlighting the sheer unlikeliness of any book lasting for centuries, de Hamel shows how each of his subjects helped to preserve manuscripts for future generations, and finds in their stories hope for the survival of these unique works in the digital age and beyond.
—The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
Bogart and Bacall are as indelible a duo as there ever was, and Mann takes readers behind their legendary romance, exploring their individual careers, the stark age gap between them, and the unlikeliness of Bogart's movie stardom.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 10 May 2023
The sheer unlikeliness of the find (what would these creatures eat, after all?) cast doubt in the minds of some scientists that this is the organisms' true habitat.
—Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2010
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlikeliness
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This is not simply the unlikelihood of a popular guy finally noticing his wallflower best friend (like the story of Colin and Penelope in season 3).—
Madeline Hirsch,
InStyle,
19 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s deeply divisive status, particularly in the D.C. area, adds to the unlikelihood.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
12 Nov. 2025
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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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“Unlikeliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlikeliness. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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