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unfathomable

[uhn-fath-uh-muh-buhl] / ʌnˈfæð ə mə bəl /




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“The idea that we’re competing with the market would have been unfathomable a few years ago,” said Margaret Salazar, CEO of Reach Community Development Corporation, one of Portland’s largest affordable housing providers.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

"I think the best word that people have used to me is 'unfathomable'. It is unfathomable that this should have happened," she says.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

Known as Fish’s Number 7, or the titular Fish 7 for short, it is constructed by similarly unfathomable gargantuan ideas.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

Japan is facing inflation for the first time in decades, with core inflation rising 2% to 3%, unfathomable a decade ago in the depths of Japan’s deflationary rout.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

I’m feeling more anxious because I looked up unfathomable in my pocket dictionary.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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