the impossible
noun
: something that cannot be done or that is very difficult
Expecting people to do a good job in such a short time is asking the impossible.
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Don’t trust secondhand information or ads that promise the impossible.
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024
Taylor and editors Richard Comeau and Christian Jensen routinely flip back and forth between archival footage, in which Dion delivered the seemingly impossible, and contemporary footage, in which the impossible is no longer within reach.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 25 June 2024
The 21-year-old Spaniard is making a habit of turning the impossible into the possible, figuring out ways to win points many other players would concede and, in the bigger picture, breaking new ground time after time.
—Apress, Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2024
To watch Chalamet attempt to plumb the soul of this sexless sprite of a man who believes that sharing his fantastical confectionery with the world will bring back his late mother is to watch an actor attempt the impossible, or at least the very ill advised.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024
Taylor and editors Richard Comeau and Christian Jensen routinely flip back and forth between archival footage, in which Dion delivered the seemingly impossible, and contemporary footage, in which the impossible is no longer within reach.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 25 June 2024
The 21-year-old Spaniard is making a habit of turning the impossible into the possible, figuring out ways to win points many other players would concede and, in the bigger picture, breaking new ground time after time.
—Apress, Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2024
To watch Chalamet attempt to plumb the soul of this sexless sprite of a man who believes that sharing his fantastical confectionery with the world will bring back his late mother is to watch an actor attempt the impossible, or at least the very ill advised.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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“The impossible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20impossible. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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