possibility
Example Sentences
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"We have talked for many years about the possibility that life may have originated at deep-sea hydrothermal vents," Lutz said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
In this forbidding portrait, suffering threatens to outweigh the tantalizing possibility of redemption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The Irish Times describes it as a "an endearingly honest, questing record about friendship, faith, art, meaning and, appropriately for Easter, death and the possibility of rebirth".
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
“This has created an environment where even workers with high levels of job security by traditional standards are starting to feel anxious about the possibility of job loss.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Never, not in my wildest of wild dreams, had that possibility ever occurred to me.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.