inconceivable

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Paramount has set a closing target date of Sept. 30, although the deal faces several regulatory hurdles, so it is not inconceivable that it will get pushed past that date.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Since teaming up, Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron have won five of six competitions, a nearly inconceivable rise for such a new pair.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Alibaba ADRs remain priced around $150—up 0.5% in Monday’s premarket—which is just half of the late-2020 high, but a price level that may have been inconceivable in 2022, for instance, when it traded near $60.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

Hope Jezzard's phobia of hospitals was so intense that it seemed inconceivable she would ever work in one.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

It seemed inconceivable that a spectacular streak of milk-white flame, rising and setting with the stars night after night, was not there for a reason, did not hold some portent for human affairs.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan