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unknowable

[uhn-noh-uh-buhl] / ʌnˈnoʊ ə bəl /




















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As the chapters accumulate, the reader gains a sense of the Jeff Beck that the authors describe as part genius, part unknowable eccentric.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Its chief ambition is endurance: it must survive transit, uncertain demand and an unknowable stretch between gates.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Indeed, that was effectively unknowable because, as the NYPD’s chief of detectives told reporters, they had learned that the bomb could’ve been timed to go off anywhere in the 12 hours prior to actual detonation.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

One of his colleagues' frustrations with him has always been that he seems unknowable.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

He understood in that moment that he was smaller than he had ever known, and the realm of the unknowable was bigger.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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