improbable
Example Sentences
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Then came the most improbable comeback in college basketball’s modern history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
His grandfather Jerry Bush had coached at Nebraska, where in 1958 he authored an improbable victory over a Kansas team led by Wilt Chamberlain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
And yet it remains in a state of reinvention, making it an ideal place for dreamers to impose their improbable dreams, to make bets on themselves as artists, as creatives, as immigrants.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
"Switzerland has nurtured many unexpected good things -- Albert Einstein's physics, the world economy, and the cuckoo clock leap to mind -- and is again helping the world appreciate improbable people and ideas."
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
Someone who could tell them why what the market deemed impossible was at least improbable.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.