thinkable

Example Sentences

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From that point on, an entire society becomes thinkable: exchanges of women between groups, asymmetrical integrations, reciprocal or non-reciprocal circulation, alliances, captures, or more brutal forms of intergroup relations.

From Science Daily • Jul. 7, 2026

It’s quite thinkable to eat fast food in a car in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

A rate increase, once unthinkable, has become thinkable thanks to stubborn inflation, Iran and a resilient economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

But because of the people, things that seemed unthinkable suddenly were thinkable?

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2025

In that room on that day, such thoughts were not even thinkable.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom