as in uncanny
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impossible to measure or judge exactly
the imponderable vastness of space
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Recent Examples of imponderable
The ultimate result was an imponderable.
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Mery Mogollon,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2026
Add to these twists the imponderable of artificial intelligence, which drastically accelerates human decision-making and thus increases the potential for human error, especially under pressure.
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Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
17 Aug. 2025
Crookes was universally recognized as one of the greatest scientists of the Victorian era, at the forefront of research on invisible forces and imponderable phenomena.
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Jonathon Keats,
Forbes,
23 Sep. 2024
The wealth of data collected under the 702 program is imponderable.
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Dell Cameron,
WIRED,
4 Dec. 2023
And underneath all that would be something very imponderable, thrilling, heavy, and challenging.
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Vulture,
17 July 2023
In essence, the slow process of the plates cooling to bedrock, like the evolution of biological life itself, responds to an activity of unsettlingly imponderable and cataclysmic scale.
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Lawrence Jackson,
Harper's Magazine,
10 July 2023
For both America and the demonstrators so hopeful of fundamental change during the Arab Spring, there remains an imponderable: Could another similar wave of popular unrest surge again?
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Ned Temko,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Apr. 2023
Another imponderable is how much lower gas prices would be if Britain produced more itself.
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The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
12 Aug. 2022
Mery Mogollon,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2026
Add to these twists the imponderable of artificial intelligence, which drastically accelerates human decision-making and thus increases the potential for human error, especially under pressure.
—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
17 Aug. 2025
Crookes was universally recognized as one of the greatest scientists of the Victorian era, at the forefront of research on invisible forces and imponderable phenomena.
—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes,
23 Sep. 2024
The wealth of data collected under the 702 program is imponderable.
—
Dell Cameron,
WIRED,
4 Dec. 2023
And underneath all that would be something very imponderable, thrilling, heavy, and challenging.
—
Vulture,
17 July 2023
In essence, the slow process of the plates cooling to bedrock, like the evolution of biological life itself, responds to an activity of unsettlingly imponderable and cataclysmic scale.
—
Lawrence Jackson,
Harper's Magazine,
10 July 2023
For both America and the demonstrators so hopeful of fundamental change during the Arab Spring, there remains an imponderable: Could another similar wave of popular unrest surge again?
—
Ned Temko,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Apr. 2023
Another imponderable is how much lower gas prices would be if Britain produced more itself.
—
The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
12 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imponderable
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Or a cartoony hamburger that is doing a little too much — the cheese drip a little too textured, the shine on the bun a little uncanny.
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Strong opening performances have fueled this intensity, which paradoxically arises from their uncanny parallels as footballing nations.
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Translation is a very mysterious thing because my goal is to create something that’s deeply equivalent but uses zero of the same words.
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That is until their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR, and the pair become CIA operatives.
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After nearly dying in a battle, he is taken to a remote island, where an enigmatic woman (Jodie Comer) nurses him back to health.
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Horn is still somewhat enigmatic, even as a second-year receiver.
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The mystic chords that bind us together matter more than any policy.
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Operating within those parameters, the mystic outlands trend extends to some of the world’s most mesmerizing corners.
Adjective
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Tourism and city officials say that marketplace channels festival foot traffic directly to Black entrepreneurs and helps keep dollars circulating in local neighborhoods long after the stages go dark.
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Jason kept the look casual in a light blue graphic T-shirt, white shorts, a baseball cap and dark sunglasses.
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Once again, a great NBA team is left to explain the unexplainable after losing in a most unimaginable way.
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Opponents of affirmative action, who suspect that the process is still continuing under other guises, could seek to replicate the winning strategy of the Harvard and UNC cases, if testing data show large, unexplainable gaps in academic preparation among different student groups.
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While the artist’s work resonates with audiences around the world, Miami’s deep Caribbean and Latin American cultures, central to the city’s identity, may allow many visitors to connect in a deeper way.
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The delightful and deceptively deep family mystery comedy stars Hugh Jackman as an English shepherd (Hugh Jackman) who is found dead.
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But what feels most haunting about the arc of then to now, about Smith’s unfathomable issues and woes — yet obvious heart and particularly evident quest to find himself in recent years — is that his words then were spoken with a sense of arrival and past tense.
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The lack of a competitive instinct from any of the cable carriers is unfathomable, very similar to Smith Corona Marchant, which filed for reorganization in 1995.
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“Imponderable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imponderable. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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