Sentence examples for a virtual impossibility from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a virtual impossibility" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or event that is extremely unlikely to happen, though not entirely impossible.
Example: "Given the current circumstances, achieving a perfect score on the exam is a virtual impossibility."
Alternatives: "almost impossible" or "nearly unattainable."

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This is a virtual impossibility.

But breaking out the new author becomes a virtual impossibility".

Rome was snowbound, rendering anything expansive a virtual impossibility.

Gulnara seems to be everywhere but speaking to her is a virtual impossibility.

This grand procession should not be confused with a Nets championship parade, a virtual impossibility.

The latter outcome is now seen (even by most Democrats) as a virtual impossibility.

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But turning to the concept of "community standards" of decency in defining pornography, they noted the virtual impossibility of a Web site meeting the standards of, say, Chicago, Amsterdam and Tehran at the same time.

I also don't expect to live forever, though soon I will be 80". Knowing the virtual impossibility of a fail-proof defense, Teller said, people "will remain, and should remain, scared...

The virtual impossibility of driving a car there has meant that little has changed for the last hundred years, give or take the odd Kingsley museum or pottery shop.

Given the virtual impossibility of getting a cab most afternoons, traffic-clogged intersections, and all those diesel and gasoline exhaust fumes, bikes are part of the solution, not the problem.

"There's no damn perfect way to do this," Mr. Thomas said, acknowledging the virtual impossibility of distributing money in a way that pleases everyone.

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