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Recent Examples of impossibly
The Western Conference is impossibly tough every NBA season, and this one will be no exception.
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John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Neutrinos are a lot of things; impossibly small with no electric charge and laughably difficult to detect.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
Above the tree line, the landscape changes completely with alpine tundra, jagged peaks jutting out in the distance, and skies that seem impossibly close.
—Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
Their output bears no visible relationship to the data that went in, and cracking a modern encryption algorithm would take an impossibly long time (or a quantum computer from the future).
—PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
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John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Neutrinos are a lot of things; impossibly small with no electric charge and laughably difficult to detect.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
Above the tree line, the landscape changes completely with alpine tundra, jagged peaks jutting out in the distance, and skies that seem impossibly close.
—Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
Their output bears no visible relationship to the data that went in, and cracking a modern encryption algorithm would take an impossibly long time (or a quantum computer from the future).
—PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impossibly
Adverb
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With someone like Charles, whose world is incredibly high-pressure and constantly moving — and a big thing is trust.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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But playing shortstop in the big leagues at an elite level is incredibly difficult.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The first pay-per-view game was, somewhat improbably, a second-tier fixture between Oxford United and Sunderland.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Why, again, is Robinson cast as the improbably beloved family man?—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Impossibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impossibly. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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