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
  • Instead, political officials get to intervene at any point to elevate studies that support their agenda and, when necessary, are able to direct agency staff—under threat of insubordination—to scour the record for every conceivable uncertainty or point of disagreement.
    David Michaels, The Atlantic, 20 July 2025
  • For the majority of my nearly ten years in SDNY, fear was never really conceivable.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2025
Adjective
  • They’re treated like a hostile force—no crowd-control measures, no tear gas—just live fire with everything imaginable: heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars. . . .
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
  • Phuket is a dream destination for outdoor recreation lovers with every kind of water sport imaginable available.
    Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
Adjective
  • Given the uncertainty drifting toward that moment, Talarico is just as plausible as anyone—blessed by a podcaster who helped Trump win the White House and the manosphere last year.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 21 July 2025
  • These exotic radio signals were first captured between 2016 and 2018 by NASA’s Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) instrument, and since then, researchers have been hypothesizing plausible explanations.
    Jay Kakade July 20, New Atlas, 20 July 2025
Adjective
  • That would be possible because access from Lincoln Memorial Drive to and from I-794 would be shifted southward.
    Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 29 July 2025
  • Consider the timing: When possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 July 2025

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“Thinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinkable. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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