David Phua, partner at the international law firm King & Wood Mallesons, said it is "certainly conceivable "that a basket of currencies combined with precious metals such as gold and silver could become "increasingly important means over time of settling international commodity transactions".

Be it fashion, home furniture, architecture, coffee, tea or weddings, every conceivable field is now being enriched by "Chinese style" — a reflection of growing confidence in local culture and its potential to infuse vitality into anything in a way that can be monetized.

Foreign investors and emerging high-tech industries, it appears, can't have enough of Shanghai, whose charms in the form of business-friendly policies, environment and infrastructure are proving irresistible to every conceivable industry, observers said on Friday after the city set a realty record in the office space segment for 2021.

It is conceivable banks will accelerate research and application of fintech once the COVID-19 pandemic subsides.

A similar dynamic is conceivable in the development of online education.

"Spin-offs are also conceivable.

"Perhaps it is good after all to pick someone who is completely unstressed by all conceivable automobile scandals but who still has an affinity towards this important industry," Bernd Althusmann said, without suggesting names.

all vie for dollops of tech curryGeographically, China and India may be separated by the mighty Himalayas, but two-way capital flows and investments between the two massive Asian economies seem to have found a super highway above the Mount Everest, as if to clear every conceivable hurdle.

Now, it is conceivable that a virus-triggered market decline may lead to a repeat of such risky deleveraging.

So, it is conceivable that they may borrow even more from domestic banks as overseas debt becomes more expensive.