unforeseeable
Britishadjective
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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
Economic predictions are always dynamic, because so many factors affect growth and the course of many of them can be unforeseeable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 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
Japan passed a law in June allowing nuclear reactors to operate beyond 60 years to compensate for stoppages caused by "unforeseeable circumstances".
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Therefore, what must be planned for, in the laboratories engaged in the work, is the totally unforeseeable.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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