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For what it’s worth, Baker now has twice as many Oscars as Tarantino, who, to date, has inconceivably only won two of them, both for original screenplay.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2025

To understand the dilemma, a brief refresher is needed: In the first second after the big bang, our universe was an almost inconceivably hot and dense soup of primordial particles.

From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2022

Roosevelt lamented, “We never should have had an extradition treaty with Russia. Its conduct toward so-called political criminals is so inconceivably brutal and foolish.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2022

A sign that marks the water level in 2002 inconceivably stands above a road that descends to boat slips in the distance.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2022

It was, for a long time, in spite of—or, not inconceivably, because of—the shabbiness of my motives, my only sustenance, my meat and drink.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin