as in inexplicable
impossible to explain
a series of unexplainable weather events
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Recent Examples of unexplainable
There are countless videos and stories about unexplainable sightings, but very few concrete answers.
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David Hookstead Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
This complex of Mayan vestiges serves as a testament to the mysterious and unexplainable engineering feats of this ancient civilization.
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Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Apr. 2026
What begins as a practical solution soon spirals into paranoia when bizarre occurrences — mysterious lights, missing animals and glimpses of unexplainable technology — coincide with the days leading up to a Presidential visit.
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Alex Ritman,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
In the aftermath, Harriet has an unexplainable health scare, bringing her four estranged children to the family home to care for her.
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Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unexplainable
David Hookstead Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
This complex of Mayan vestiges serves as a testament to the mysterious and unexplainable engineering feats of this ancient civilization.
—
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Apr. 2026
What begins as a practical solution soon spirals into paranoia when bizarre occurrences — mysterious lights, missing animals and glimpses of unexplainable technology — coincide with the days leading up to a Presidential visit.
—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
In the aftermath, Harriet has an unexplainable health scare, bringing her four estranged children to the family home to care for her.
—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unexplainable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unexplainable
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There are definitely laughs in Maddie’s Secret, but the point of the movie is almost to get beyond them, to the place where naive hokum could yield moments of inexplicable resonance.
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But the files reveal new details about some recent sightings, along with the government’s efforts to explain what many find inexplicable.
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Economist Hyman Minsky spent his career explaining how irrational behavior produces fragility and instability in capitalist systems.
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McClanahan has been close enough to his usual production, but without an irrational need for perfection.
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Those fears are not unreasonable, either, given the ability of AI to do so many things so well.
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Horn’s assessment wasn’t unreasonable; it was based on recent statements by Greenlandic politicians.
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An unaccountable concentration of political and private power is increasingly reshaping how America’s federal government operates, bending its political, legal, and economic systems away from the public good and toward private interests.
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The enduring, if still somewhat unaccountable popularity of immersive experiences in the city (the Color Factory!
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What Trump is doing is unusual.
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Heat domes are not unusual, but the temperatures in this one have been.
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“Unexplainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexplainable. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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