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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkable
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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
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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
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Bezos and and Sánchez-Bezos’s relationship with the fashion industry is currently under the biggest microscope imaginable.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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The design by Rogers Marvel used every trick imaginable to make its truck barriers disappear.—
Neil Flanagan,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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Killen’s construction of the season one arc doesn’t let the character show off any plausible ingenuity or expertise.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
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There are mud pools from Yellowstone National Park that have a squeamish gurgle, and hearing them amid a crackling bonfire feels unexpectedly harmonious, even plausible.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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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
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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 8 May. 2026.
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