unknowable

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Recent Examples of unknowable The consequences of the AI boom are likely irreversible, and the future is certainly unknowable. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2025 Make room for the unknown and the unknowable so that every day is a surprise and an experience of wonder and adventure. Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025 For an unknowable amount of time. Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 Perspectives are shifted, swapped and imagined, in pursuit of the lost, unknowable experience of the filmmaker’s late brother. Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unknowable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unknowable
Adjective
  • Life is mysterious and ambiguous, and so the film to us, is a beautiful representation of that type of experience that is just not captured very often in movies.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For over a century, the United States has coercively maintained the base against the wishes of the Cuban government, an arrangement prompting political and legal debates surrounding the territory’s ambiguous sovereignty.
    Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Set against the backdrop of the Mediterranean at the height of summer, the erotic thriller follows Calvin Wells (Funk), a charismatic conman who sets his sights on Katrine Winters (Meadow Williams), a mysterious billionaire widow.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
  • For an event celebrating a dark and mysterious being, the vibe is surprisingly uplifting.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This obscure rule bars federal funding for mental institutions with more than 16 beds, which critics say is a major barrier to expanding capacity.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But what these murky recommendations largely obscure is the data, which overwhelmingly supports the use of COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy, as evidenced by a massive analysis set to be presented this weekend at an American Academy of Pediatrics conference.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This brings a strange boy (Jade Croot) to their doorstep who draws them into an enigmatic realm where the line between reality and myth begins to blur.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In writer-director Christian Ditter’s glossy take on the fantastical story about the preciousness of time, an enigmatic red-haired girl named Momo (Alexa Goodall) lives inside the amphitheater of an unnamed European city (perhaps closest in look to Rome).
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The hospital remains closed, and the company that owns it, Ballad Health, has said its reopening is uncertain.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • While the 118 came together to save the survivors, the scars of Bobby's passing lingered, as did the uncertain future of the captain-less team.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Combs' case was particularly challenging, wading into the murky intersections of consent and coercion, celebrity, complex workplace dynamics and the myriad ways that people cope with trauma.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The lack of government data leaves investors, economists and policymakers with a murkier view of the economy at a crucial moment when concerns are mounting about a weaker labor market and stickier inflation.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The cause of the fire remains unclear.
    Charles Ventura, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • So, despite their predicament, these operators remain hopeful that circumstances will change soon enough, even if now the path is unclear.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Unknowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unknowable. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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