intriguing possibility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintriguingandpossibility
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intriguing
adjective
uk/ɪnˈtriː.ɡɪŋ/us/ɪnˈtriː.ɡɪŋ/
very interesting because of being unusual ...
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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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Nevertheless, the meteoritic explanation still remains anintriguingpossibilityfor red rain.
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Further comparative behavioral studies on hippocampal function and spatial memory in mammals and reptiles are needed to verify thisintriguingpossibility.
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Thus, anintriguingpossibilityis that parenting deficits attributed to drinking problems are the result of increased marital conflict.
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And yet these books throw up anintriguingpossibility.
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Such studies might raise theintriguingpossibilityof linked tolerance/suppression in mice expressing only part of the human molecule.
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This is anintriguingpossibilityworthy of further investigation.
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Given the lack of differentiation markers in the electroporated cell, anintriguingpossibilityis that spalt4 maintains cells in an undifferentiated state.
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Whether this protein is capable of raffinose or stachyose degradation/synthesis remains anintriguingpossibility.
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Anintriguingpossibilityis that embodiment principles may have special relevance to the way supernatural ideas elicit emotions and associated body states.
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These data raise theintriguingpossibilityof genotypic differences in response to treatment strategies that target insulin resistance.
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Oneintriguingpossibilityis that nitric oxide is expressed in neurons that are migrating or undergoing differentiation.
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This suggests anintriguingpossibility.
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Thus, theintriguingpossibilityexists that upon oxidation in the oxidising extracellular environment, this protein is transformed into another entity that functions distinctly from its reduced form.
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The possibility of an interaction between symptom status, cognitive performance and neurophysiological response was not tested in these data, and remains anintriguingpossibilityfor further study.
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Oneintriguingpossibilityis that the affected subjects suffer from a general impairment in their implicit learning of mappings between inputs and outputs in the learning of functions.
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A ratherintriguingpossibilityis that of using waste heat from refrigerators to provide domestic hot water.
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It strikes me as anintriguingpossibility.
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There is anotherintriguingpossibility.
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