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Recent Examples of unthinkably
Prior to 2015, that ad would have struck almost everyone as unthinkably crass and disturbing.
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Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
The difference between first and second place in several events at the 2026 Winter Games has come down to margins almost unthinkably small — a matter of tenths of a point, hundredths of a second or, in one case, a tiebreaker that came down to a judges’ ruling.
—Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
The question is whether every living thing would be wiped out (maybe other than some cockroaches) or if the impact would be something merely unthinkably horrible.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
If this is true then the ancient greenhouse world of the dinosaurs, lasting into the early age of mammals and already known to be sweltering, was even more unthinkably hot than previously appreciated.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
The difference between first and second place in several events at the 2026 Winter Games has come down to margins almost unthinkably small — a matter of tenths of a point, hundredths of a second or, in one case, a tiebreaker that came down to a judges’ ruling.
—Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
The question is whether every living thing would be wiped out (maybe other than some cockroaches) or if the impact would be something merely unthinkably horrible.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
If this is true then the ancient greenhouse world of the dinosaurs, lasting into the early age of mammals and already known to be sweltering, was even more unthinkably hot than previously appreciated.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unthinkably
Adverb
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Football clubs are filled with talented professionals who work incredibly hard.—
Shivaas Gulati,
Sportico.com,
12 May 2026
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While that sort of payday would be life-changing for the overwhelming majority of humans walking the planet, Reitan is the exception, thanks to his historic and incredibly lucrative family business.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
Adverb
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Fresh off the unbelievably successful Artemis II lunar flyby mission, NASA is gearing up for an ambitious slate of moon trips to establish a colony by 2036.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
11 May 2026
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Other bright bouncy acts include pop-punk-plus acts Hit the Lights and Major League, the entertainingly mysterious multi-instrumentalist Buckethead and, unbelievably, the still-jumpy British shouters EMF.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
Adverb
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Over the course of six inconceivably traumatic days, Caldwell and three friends were forcibly marched and starved, shoved under boulders to evade detection, and made to watch their kidnappers execute members of the rival Kyrgyz Army at point-blank range.—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Di Felice makes very sexy clothes, but at times the bareness crosses the line between aspirationally hot and inconceivably bare.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Unthinkably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unthinkably. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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