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

“I think it’s virtually inconceivable to imagine recovery at this point. Let’s imagine three more years of this,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 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

He had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to speak, at an inconceivable pitch of intensity.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald