conceivable

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For decades, closure of the strait was regarded as something that was conceivable in theory, but operationally improbable in practice, Morgan Stanley noted.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Yet opening the strait is the only conceivable solution to sky-high oil prices, said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst for Gulf Oil.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Could they run simulations based on every conceivable shot played in an end, for example?

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

At the time, the idea of raising hundreds of millions of dollars privately—let alone tens of billions of dollars—wasn’t conceivable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Like a human woman, Rachael had every class of object conceivable filched and hidden away in her purse; he found himself rooting interminably.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick