thinkable

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Recent Examples of thinkable 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 Every thinkable type of casino game is also on offer. Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024 But, prior to the decision, four conservative justices, including Roberts, signaled receptivity to considering the theory as entirely thinkable. Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2023 The unthinkable is all too thinkable: a major conflict on European soil with the unpredictability, the combustibility, and the ultimate futility of an extended military clash. Michael Kimmage, The New Republic, 7 Feb. 2022 See All Example Sentences for thinkable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkable
Adjective
  • But then the robot armies are expanded by AIs that autonomously desire them to be built, and are purchasing them autonomously, and building factories autonomously that then turn around and kill everyone is conceivable.
    Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Exhibition booths featured every conceivable type of drone, large and small, for use in the air, at sea, and on the ground.
    Tamar Jacoby, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Plenty of foliage plants in nearly every shade of green imaginable provide pops of color and tie this space to the verdant landscape.
    Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The Shark Wet Dry Vacuum Mop is Baker’s recommendation to anyone who wants the best two-in-one vacuuming and mopping experience imaginable.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Zachary’s anger and jealousy towards Reacher is misplaced but — like so vanishingly few elements of Reacher — plausible and convincing.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Step 3: Fabricate a plausible but incorrect summary.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • As for the future of the show, Barbato and Bailey say anything is possible, including a potential second show and a Broadway expansion.
    Lawrence Yee, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Longer-term, a statue for Howe and a physical commemoration for Guimaraes, the captain, among others, could follow, with Freemen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne status also possible for some of the main protagonists.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025

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“Thinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinkable. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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