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Recent Examples of inconceivable The era also gave hampton a level of access to some of rap’s biggest stars that would be inconceivable today. Abe Beame, Vulture, 2 July 2024 The South Koreans have pledged to arm Ukraine if North Korean troops fight there, raising the complicated prospect of an Asian proxy war in Europe – again something that would have been inconceivable years ago, and that also tilts us towards the notion of a world war. Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 When Superstorm Sandy hit in 2012, the still tender plantings took on inconceivable quantities of saltwater and most made it through healthy and intact. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 July 2024 There’s no getting away from their price, of course, which is inconceivable for all but the most committed (and wealthy) audiophiles. Verity Burns, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for inconceivable 
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  • On top of the track views, the space also features incredible food options and entertainment space.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Can SpaceX’s skyrocketing potential translate into incredible return?
    Joel Shulman, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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  • On her face is something halfway between a grimace and an incredulous smile—a facial expression that many Harris supporters likely recognize as a universal, exasperated response to a Trump rant.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024
  • In the interim, Gore made another call to an incredulous Bush to retract his concession.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • By way of Mike Curb, Motown also became the unlikely home of Pat Boone, the unabashedly wholesome (and religious) crooner and actor who’d become one of rock’s earliest stars thanks to his covers of songs by Little Richard and Fats Domino.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Despite some public discussions about that prospect, that scenario—while not impossible—seems unlikely at the moment.
    Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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  • This naïve notion, backed by some supporters of the incoming administration, would reduce U.S. involvement in the war to a minimum, forcing Europe to provide all remaining support, a near impossible feat.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The fish experiment did convince him, and other researchers, that a human brain microbiome is not impossible.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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  • Be inspired by the sacrifices of the Pilgrims at our first Thanksgiving — overcoming hardships that would be unthinkable today.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Even four years ago, such a concession by Sisi to Biden would have been unthinkable.
    Michael Wahid Hanna, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2024
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  • The particulars of what that process will look like—and how Trump plans to compel both Putin and Zelensky to participate—are vague enough to make the whole endeavor unimaginable.
    Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Our poorest citizens live better than medieval kings, with access to health care, technology, and infrastructure that were unimaginable even a century ago.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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  • The blanket of sulfate aerosols that dropped global temperatures was about to unleash an ecologically unbelievable year around the world.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The film blends fact and fiction, though some of the most unbelievable parts are true.
    Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024

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“Inconceivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconceivable. Accessed 14 Dec. 2024.

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