as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
the formerly inconceivable idea that humans could land on the moon
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Recent Examples of inconceivable
What seemed inevitable for Ilia Malinin became inconceivable.
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Bora Erden, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
As much as his ability to land the inconceivable, Malinin’s great strength has always been the imagination and courage to take his skating to places few even considered, let alone dared to reach for.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
In this context, misbehavior was almost inconceivable for the GarcÃa children.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
Most movie stars of the time lived above the boulevard in the Hollywood Hills, and the first Academy Awards ceremony took place at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel (a venue that seems inconceivable today).
—Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2025
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Bora Erden, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
As much as his ability to land the inconceivable, Malinin’s great strength has always been the imagination and courage to take his skating to places few even considered, let alone dared to reach for.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
In this context, misbehavior was almost inconceivable for the GarcÃa children.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
Most movie stars of the time lived above the boulevard in the Hollywood Hills, and the first Academy Awards ceremony took place at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel (a venue that seems inconceivable today).
—Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconceivable
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But there is something so wonderful about being fifty and having your own job and having been through so many disappointments that a situation like this is filtered through different experiences and people—the narrator’s discernment has an incredible clarity.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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Just an incredible environment.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Travelers at the airport Monday who heard about the vote were incredulous.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Fellow vegans in the comments were incredulous — what of the bear cub carcass Kennedy claimed to have dumped in Central Park or his lifelong interest in hunting?—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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But Trump’s comments indicate that’s unlikely.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Paul was already an unlikely candidate for a franchise as traditional as The Bachelor.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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The 2023 Lahaina fire made the issue impossible to ignore.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
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That’s something that the broader AI industry has so far struggled to do, partly because LLMs are typically trained on vast, messy datasets scraped from across the internet, where ownership, consent and individual contributions from millions of sources are nearly impossible to track.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Sunday warned that military strikes alone cannot eliminate Iran’s nuclear program, saying only extreme and unthinkable destruction would fully dismantle Tehran’s capabilities.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Mar. 2026
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Some even think the Fed could raise rates in 2026, a nearly unthinkable scenario before the war began.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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Eternal grace masking an unimaginable pain.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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What’s happening right now would have been unimaginable not that long ago.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2026
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That was no different on Friday night, and the numbers were borderline unbelievable.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2026
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Jordan is an unbelievable developing leader.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Inconceivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconceivable. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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