art of the possible

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The art of the possible does need to be redefined constantly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Can I get two cheers for the art of the possible?!

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

Professor Bill Crowther, from the university, said: "Ultimately, with this design you are holding up 25kg of aircraft with just a few strategically placed pieces of paper - that's the art of the possible."

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2023

Mr. Saslaw, known universally as Dick, believes in the antiquated legislative art of the possible.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023

Under these circumstances the scheme of a resuscitated Balkan League should have been accounted a political chimera, whereas politics is the art of the possible.

From England and Germany by Hughes, William Morris