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unknowable

[uhn-noh-uh-buhl] / ʌnˈnoʊ ə bəl /




















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He isn’t unknowable at all—and it’s crucial to understand what led up to his greater project on the Supreme Court.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

How much this expertise actually influences the agency’s final decisions is unknowable from the outside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The writing is terrifically funny and also grounded, anecdotes filled with slapstick but no punchlines, befitting a story that includes hookups, weddings, children, a funeral and an unknowable future.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

The river, at times hauntingly beautiful and others murky and unknowable, offers a mirror to Daniel's torment, and to the increasingly fragile hope of his wife, Agnieszka, that Chris will one day come home.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

Well, thought Ishmael, bending over his typewriter, his fingertips poised just above the keys: the palpitations of Kabuo Miyamoto’s heart were unknowable finally.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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