thinkable

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Recent Examples of thinkable The only thing that might have stopped us from accepting this kind of corruption as thinkable would be if such acceptance upended our overall understanding of how constitutional democracy functions. Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2025 This bet-the-business kind of change would not previously have been thinkable. Glenn Katz, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 That's but one of the once-unthinkable scenarios that seem more thinkable than ever. Axios, 22 Jan. 2025 Governments should also draft plans for what to do in the most important, thinkable scenarios, as well as how to deal with AGI’s many non-existential issues such as mass unemployment, runaway inequality, and energy consumption. Otto Barten, TIME, 16 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for thinkable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkable
Adjective
  • The Lakers were cooked, the playoff magic finally drained from a team without its two leading scorers, a team in the process of making every conceivable mistake, reality bouncing off their feet and ricocheting off their hips and falling out of their hands.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Over a yearslong process, Apple went from having a single one-size-fits-all iPad to offering a different model for just about every conceivable niche.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • However, the day did not go quite according to plan for Dale Coyne Racing's Romain Grosjean, and that was all thanks to an unfortunate run-in — in the most literal sense imaginable — with a bird.
    Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • In the furthest part of space lies Dante 01, a detention facility that houses criminals who have committed the most shocking crimes imaginable.
    Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • These systems generate plausible responses based on patterns in data, triggered by user input, not independent thought or intent.
    Larry Magid, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • One, which remains highly plausible, is Carlos Baleba.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The company has raced to buy as much computing power as possible, making $600 billion in spending commitments last year.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Determined to rise to the occasion and work out every possible kink, Daisy sets out to resolve conflicts between the stews and in the galley.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Thinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinkable. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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