as in incredulous
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
tried to explain her weeklong disappearance with an incredible tale of abduction by a total stranger
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Recent Examples of incredible
Other tributes came from Marlee Matlin, who recognized on X the incredible impact that Redford’s Sundance Film Festival had on allowing smaller human dramas to flourish.
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Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2025
Like Donny Gerrard, who is an incredible vocalist in Mavis Staples’ band and in the band Skylark.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
Our unbelievable crew, my incredible cast mates, led by the incomparable Hannah Einbinder.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Even by his own lofty standards, the quarterback had an incredible season last year, leading the league in passing yards, completions and touchdowns.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
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Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2025
Like Donny Gerrard, who is an incredible vocalist in Mavis Staples’ band and in the band Skylark.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
Our unbelievable crew, my incredible cast mates, led by the incomparable Hannah Einbinder.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Even by his own lofty standards, the quarterback had an incredible season last year, leading the league in passing yards, completions and touchdowns.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incredible
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Out of towners may be incredulous about Charlotte’s Chinese food scene, but tens of thousands of Asian Charlotteans know where to go — they just might be tightlipped about it.—
Shindy Chen,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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After the Yankees held on to win 8-4, Trammell was incredulous that his integrity was called into question.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Sep. 2025
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Obviously, the pitching side was unbelievable.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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This was an unbelievable weekend.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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When an amateur true crime investigator arrives with the intention of tracking down the town's serial killer, the unlikely pair strike a truce to avoid being caught – and might just find a love story in their own madness.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Japanese women are unlikely to buy a shirt that shows a lot of cleavage.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Poggi deemed that an impossible request.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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Farmers are facing impossible choices.—
Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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In a story of love and loss that has touched hearts online, a woman's engagement joy was quickly followed by an unimaginable tragedy.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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The defeat, coupled with the Giants’ 5-1 win over the Dodgers, cut the Mets’ lead in the race for the final wild card to a half-game — an unimaginable horror for a team that had the best record in baseball at 45-24 through June 12.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Naturally, cultivating enough soy and corn to feed billions upon billions of chickens demands an inconceivable amount of land, water and fossil fuels.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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In past discussions, Asimov had employed the apt analogy of examining the elemental motion of gasses, where movements of each individual molecule is nearly impossible to predict, but taken as a whole its progressions and paths can be charted out across inconceivable oceans of time.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The 2016 World Series champion walked in free agency that offseason to the Philadelphia Phillies where he's produced at a ridiculous level on a perennial National League contender.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Like his Washington, Bargatze’s Farnsworth regaled a trio of underlings (SNL cast members Bowen Yang, Mikey Day, and James Austin Johnson) with ridiculous yet accurate predictions for the future, in this case of TV.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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As Man’s Best Friend gets off to a fantastic start, two of Carpenter’s previous full-lengths either rise across multiple rosters or bounce back onto several tallies.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Liverpool as a city produces fantastic footballers.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Incredible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incredible. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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