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Recent Examples of unlikeliness
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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The unlikelihood that any comparable Republican opposition would develop to a Dhillon promotion today underscores the GOP’s civil rights transformation.—
Ronald Brownstein,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2026
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His starting point was not optimism about the likelihood of human agreement but a sober recognition of its unlikelihood.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The group’s determination is rooted in part in the sheer improbability of the kitten’s survival through the tornado itself.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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Not only because of the improbability of making up a seven-point gap that may well grow by the time that Chelsea next play in the league, but because there is no sign of this side summoning any sort of challenge.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Unlikeliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlikeliness. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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