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unknowable

[uhn-noh-uh-buhl] / ʌnˈnoʊ ə bəl /




















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Finally, there’s the unknowable but certain catastrophes the next governor will face.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Your greatest retirement risk may be something that’s unknowable: how long you will live.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

And that in turn is conditional on a host of at this stage unknowable developments: the deployment of ground forces, the contribution of neighbors and others to the shipping challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

As he explains to Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, A.I. is a hyperobject that touches everything in unknowable ways.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2026

Then, late Saturday afternoon, for some unknowable reason a light went on in the reptilian core of Beck’s inanimate brain and he floated back to consciousness.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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