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
Of course there was incredible singing and the playing of Richard Davis on the bass.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
To be able to celebrate him with his first show with Chanel and the beginning of an incredible journey together is exciting.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
And the offensive line is doing an incredible job battling.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
The guy is an incredible football coach.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
To be able to celebrate him with his first show with Chanel and the beginning of an incredible journey together is exciting.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
And the offensive line is doing an incredible job battling.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
The guy is an incredible football coach.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incredible
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The prospect of losing at least $170 million in annual revenue would be taken much more seriously than angry, incredulous letters to the editor.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The host, the longtime hip-hop radio personality Ebro Darden, fifty, was incredulous.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
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Enduring hunger alongside heavy, unbelievable sounds of explosions, some of the relatives sheltering in our house decided to prepare their bags and head south.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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The new homeowner shared the unbelievable first walk-through in a viral TikTok video, detailing the unexpected level of mess left behind.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Its federal guidance urging employers to cover fertility treatments is voluntary—so unlikely to lead to much change.—
Lila MacLellan,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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If the shutdown lasts through next week, the initial jobless report and the September new home sales report are unlikely.—
Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
19 Oct. 2025
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Even underground facilities are usually impossible to build in these places, because the construction sites get targeted.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
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Each junction behaves slightly differently, forming a complex 3D network that is impossible to exactly replicate.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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Ireland, who is mom to 2-year-old daughter Holland, said the past decade has brought many joys, but also unimaginable pain.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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In one of the more truly unimaginable comebacks in recent franchise history, the Broncos clawed all the way back from a 19-point fourth-quarter deficit to down the Giants 30-26 at Empower Field on Sunday.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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Coach Matt Eberflus lost his job after the sixth straight loss, in late November, having gone an almost inconceivable 5-19 in one-score games during his tenure as Chicago’s head coach.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Building or expanding power plants to generate that much electricity on Altman’s timetable indeed seems almost inconceivable.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sketch ridiculous inventions, stage a mini talent show, or build something with whatever's at hand.—
Cas Holman,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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Is anyone resisting this ridiculous trend?—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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To finish third after struggling to get in contention through sprint qualifying and the sprint race, and given the bumpy demands of the Circuit of The Americas that may have fanned concerns about Ferrari’s ride height issues from earlier in the season, this was a fantastic effort by Leclerc.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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This is also fantastic with wavy potato chips and pretzel sticks.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Incredible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incredible. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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