impossibility

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Without equal citizenship, equal voting rights, and equal opportunity to elect representatives of one’s choice, republican government was an impossibility.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

It was in the impossibility of replacing what had died.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

"They want to see an inclusive school system. The problem is they are just so overstretched, they are being asked to do much more with less resource - it becomes an impossibility."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

For the Kim family, whose parents are immigrants to the United States, han is exacerbated by the pressure to assimilate alongside the impossibility of ever doing so.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

“You’ll never make it. It’s impossible. It’s almost a geographical impossibility to get there from here.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller