real possibility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrealandpossibility
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real
adjective
uk/rɪəl/us/ˈriː.əl/
existing in fact and ...
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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 ofrealandpossibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The 1780s and early 1790s, therefore, increasingly seemed a brief interlude during which voluntary emancipation had once appeared to be arealpossibility.
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For example, a return of the dominion of dinosaurs on the face of the earth is not arealpossibility.
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Salvation for any given individual is always arealpossibilityat any time, either in the earthly or the post-mortem existence.
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So even under the suggested account, guidability by law is still arealpossibility.
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It is not just an ideal, but a veryrealpossibility, and one which is sporadically fulfilled.
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This raises arealpossibilitythat the any incumbent model is, in certain respects, anachronistic.
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Predisposition to spontaneous thrombosis of the pulmonary vasculature might be arealpossibility.
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In selfing populations, where loci are not independent even if they are not close in the genetic map, this is arealpossibility.
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In particular, the anti-baladiyya party emphasized the tribal and confessional heterogeneity of their community and therealpossibilityof intercommunal strife.
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There is a veryrealpossibilitythat measurement error could be contributing to the variability seen in the titre calculations for each horse.
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Unfortunately, these ensembles also introduce therealpossibilityof introducing far more parameters than can be justified by the raw data.
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We think that it is arealpossibility.
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That this latter suggestion is arealpossibilitymay be surmised from the observation that sporocyst residual bodies occasionally escape from the sporocyst intact.
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What changed over the centuries was that an old age of pensioned retirement became arealpossibilityfor a widening range of people.
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The prospect of developing a vaccine for toxoplasmosis would therefore seem arealpossibility.
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As nuclear disinteg ration, the "ultimate abstraction" had become arealpossibility.
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Item 4 prohibits sellers of merchandise from demanding gold or silver payment, suggesting therealpossibilityof the scenario described therein.
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This strikes me as a veryrealpossibility.
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