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Recent Examples of unthinkably
His Saturday-night blowout in Amsterdam officially kicked off the first Harry tour season since his record-breaking Love On Tour signed off in July 2023 — an unthinkably long layoff for the ultimate mega–pop crowd-crusher.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2026
Prior to 2015, that ad would have struck almost everyone as unthinkably crass and disturbing.
—
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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Designers of these technologies have to be sensitive to the fact that consumers will invite these tools into their personal lives and homes, meaning that privacy and the scope of what will be collected must be incredibly strict.
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Doing both puts a lot of stress on the brain when temperatures rise, and some people are incredibly sensitive to it.
Adverb
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These unbelievably comfortable pants are a crowd favorite among men and women alike.
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The Beam offers unbelievably immersive sound.
Adverb
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The 3,200-megapixel camera, built by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, can take an almost inconceivably high-definition image of the sky every 40 seconds or so, and Rubin’s giant mirror offers an enormous, panoramic vista.
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Some writers recognized the team’s inconceivably heavy burden over a few short days.
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“Unthinkably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unthinkably. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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