unimaginable
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
- unimaginably adverb
Example Sentences
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“With Iran we now see the irony that despite unimaginable energy independence, the U.S. is still at the whim of a physical chokepoint,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
And, a year after the 1979 Iranian revolution, gas did leap that unimaginable threshold to a dollar a gallon.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
"This past year has taken an unimaginable toll on Leqaa and our entire family," Abushaban told the BBC.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
But for critics, there’s an obvious downside: the potential tracking of law-abiding citizens without a warrant on a scale once thought unimaginable.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
But one key difference is that a PET scan lets researchers look at various neurotransmitters, and cellular activity—a power unimaginable just a few generations ago.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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