as in possible
able to be imagined
They discussed the question from every conceivable angle. It is conceivable that she will refuse to go.
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Recent Examples of conceivable
The latest take on the dystopian Stephen King novel hews closer to the source material and veers from the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi cult classic in almost every conceivable way.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
None of these hugely ambitious efforts would be conceivable without the enormous advances in genome sequencing and bioinformatics over the past couple of decades.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
Lorenzo Valla, a brilliant scholar of the mid-fifteenth century, totally destroyed and demolished the text of the Donation on every conceivable level.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Fans edited Hornet into every conceivable context — political debates, fast food ads, even biblical scripture.
—Keller Gordon, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceivable
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The study offers rare, direct evidence of this process by tracking cool gas across entire galaxies, something that was not possible before large surveys like MaNGA.—
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Ehrlich noted the short careers for college athletes and wondered whether a union for collective bargaining is even possible.—
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“Conceivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceivable. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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