improbable
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He wrote in his “The Fusion Conclusion” newsletter that many fusion experts “think that what TAE is trying to do is improbable if not impossible and have physics-informed calculations to back up their opinions.”
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
US media reports cite aviation experts as saying fuel switches in a Boeing 737 lock into position, making it improbable they were switched off accidentally.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
The most remarkable part of Miller’s improbable ascension is how far off anyone’s radar he once was.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
In 1988, for a walk-off home run by the hobbled Kirk Gibson in the World Series: “In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened!”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
“Yes. Something strange and improbable would happen so that the impossible couldn’t.”
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
Vocabulary lists containing improbable
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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"A Quilt of a Country," Vocabulary from the argument
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"A Quilt of a Country" by Anna Quindlen
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