inexplicable
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But here in Southern California, something more is in the air: a dense, motionless tsunami of something foul and inexplicable.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Rosa Padhilete, a Franciscan nun who came from Naples, said she felt an "immense, inexplicable joy" seeing the remains.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
She gets into absurd arguments, bursts into frenzied laughter or inexplicable tears.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Today, I bring your attention to the Colorado Supreme Court, which this month reaffirmed an inexplicable quirk of its excessive sentencing jurisprudence that preemptively extinguishes constitutional rights for entire categories of people.
From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025
When the experimental method is successful in explaining what was previously inexplicable, it thus not only establishes particular scientific theories, it also confirms the validity of the general approach which underpins experimentation.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing inexplicable
A Christmas Carol
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The Scarlet Letter
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