remote possibility

collocation in English

meaningsofremoteandpossibility

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remote
adjective
uk
/rɪˈməʊt/us
/rɪˈmoʊt/
far away ...
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possibility
noun
uk
/ˌpɒs.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/ˌpɑː.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
a chance that something may happen or ...
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(Definition ofremoteandpossibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofremote possibility

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Although that possibility cannot be ruled out, it seems to me a somewhatremotepossibility.
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What estimates can be place on theremotepossibilityof survival and proliferation?
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An evolutionary origin for tick toxins shared with other toxic arthropods would thus seem to be aremotepossibility.
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It might be replied that spectrum inversion is not just aremotepossibilitysuggested by the overactive imaginations of philosophers, but a live empirical one.
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A somewhat moreremotepossibilityis to build a corresponding submersible robot (' hydrobot ') capable of bearing some experiments in its interior.
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Indeed, when we are dealing with the purposes involved in divine permission of some (bad) state of affairs, this seems to be a plausible option, not just someremotepossibility.
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Is a network of skybridges in our cities, however, even aremotepossibilitygiven the considerable challenges facing us in terms of operation, structure, security, building envelope, tower dynamics etc?
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We should like our strong opposition to even aremotepossibilityto be placed on record.
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At the end of the day, it merely provides for theremotepossibility, should it prove to be necessary, of remunerating the chairman.
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Such a gentleman appears to me to be a veryremotepossibility.
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At the time, it seemed that there was only a "remotepossibility" of a link of transmissible disease from animals to humans.
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We are all aware that there is aremotepossibilitythat there will be a general election before too long.
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There is a potential risk to our herds and there is aremotepossibilityof transmission to humans.
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So there is aremotepossibilityof that happening, and that depends entirely on the publicity which is issued at the beginning.
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The prospect of greater enlargement is no longer a mere hypothesis, it is not aremotepossibility.
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Therefore, why do we now, a generation away from aremotepossibility, have to take these irrevocable steps?
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Therefore, to say that because there was theremotepossibilityhe might do so was pushing the thing much too far.
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It is the likelihood, or even sometimes theremotepossibility, of someone coming into the firm to make a check which is important.
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The dairymen assure us, however, that this is aremotepossibility.
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There is aremotepossibilitythat it can happen.
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