unsolvable

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Ellis herself—portrayed by the much-honored English actress Sharon D. Clarke—is a specialist of sorts, a crack investigator who parachutes into under-resourced locales to help with cases deemed otherwise unsolvable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

Within the next year or two, we will see quantum computers working in conjunction with CPUs and GPUs, with the quantum computer solving the portion of the equation that was previously unsolvable.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

“It’s human nature to try to solve the unsolvable and be as precise as possible, but we also can’t kid ourselves that we know the answers,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

His mission is to turn theoretical physics into functional quantum computers "to solve otherwise unsolvable problems" and he admits he's biased but says these chandeliers are the best performing in the world.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

Except for winning Dorothy, which still remained my unsolvable puzzle, I figured I could do pretty much anything I wanted to do if only I worked at it hard enough.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam