unthinkable

Example Sentences

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In these kinds of cases, family members are often left asking an unthinkable question: Would their loved one still be alive if they’d received the necessary care?

From Salon • May 15, 2026

The Lakers may steal a game back at Crypto.com Arena this weekend, but that would be the only one, it being unthinkable that this mismatch will last more than five games.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

It’s why U.S. imports rose so much in the first quarter, causing the trade deficit to widen, and why Taiwan’s trade surplus has reached an almost unthinkable 24% of GDP.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But now Arm is doing the once unthinkable: making a data center CPU of its own, for the first time competing directly with its customers.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

“It’s not unthinkable that someone like you could play. You’re no anachronism, buddy.”

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner