unforeseeable
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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A commission spokesman said that, in extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances, the verification rules could allow verifiers to carry out a virtual site visit rather than a physical one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Either way, their fate lies in an unforeseeable future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
"China is always, I think, unforeseeable in terms of the intensity of the competitive environment," he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
A spokesman said: "This was a tragic incident which both the coroner and HSE noted involved a rare and complex sequence of events that were unforeseeable."
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
And, by an unforeseeable paradox, it was my career in the church that turned out, precisely, to be my gimmick.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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