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However, the broader scientific importance of these fossils had not yet become clear, and the discoveries being made today were far beyond what researchers of that era could have imagined.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

"We have taken the women's team further than we ever could have imagined."

From BBC • May 26, 2026

It is one of Rossini’s most precious and individual gifts, something no other composer could have imagined.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

As it turned out, that drive in early 1946 did more than anyone could have imagined to establish the road as a symbol of footloose American freedom.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

She couldn’t have imagined the likes of an electric range, or a land where women concerned themselves with something called waxy yellow buildup.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver