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improbably

ADVERB
unbelievably
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Morris, who’d flown in from New York after attending her pal Taylor Swift’s wedding on Friday night, made an improbably smooth segue between her and Zedd’s synthed-up “The Middle” and the rustic “My Church.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

Stearns was the industry’s most coveted executive, a Manhattan-born, Harvard-educated whiz kid who had improbably transformed the small-market Milwaukee Brewers into a powerhouse despite a microscopic budget.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Add a bowl of whipped butter and a dish of good olive oil and you’ve created the sort of opening course that feels improbably generous for the cost.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

The entire dish felt improbably luxurious for something built from ingredients I could have easily afforded myself.

From Salon Jun. 16, 2026

His gentle demeanor aside, he thrived on combat, and improbably, given his academic and chess prowess, he’d once been the European heavyweight amateur boxing champion.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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