thinkable
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From that point on, an entire society becomes thinkable: exchanges of women between groups, asymmetrical integrations, reciprocal or non-reciprocal circulation, alliances, captures, or more brutal forms of intergroup relations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
It’s quite thinkable to eat fast food in a car in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
A rate increase, once unthinkable, has become thinkable thanks to stubborn inflation, Iran and a resilient economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
But because of the people, things that seemed unthinkable suddenly were thinkable?
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2025
They had made the unthinkable thinkable and the impossible really happen.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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