improbable
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Winograd says that “it seems improbable that this month’s surge will be sustained.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Even without the context of everything that came before the game, it was the most improbable of comebacks.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Instead, Bridget Devaney turned to the internet with a proposal that sounded equal parts hopeful and improbable - come to Northern Ireland and celebrate the wedding that never happened.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
While the home team never trailed, San Juan Hills cut the score to 47-44 midway through the fourth quarter after an improbable onside kick recovery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The only remaining possibility was that he had walked past the turnoff while I was down at the pond filtering water, but this seemed manifestly improbable.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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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