unthinkable
Example Sentences
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So far, investors have eagerly snapped up the chance to lend to the tech giants, but they have demanded returns that would have been unthinkable for such blue-chip companies not long ago.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
PORTLAND, Ore.—The rental market here is so depressed that something almost unthinkable is now commonplace: Six-figure earners are paying some of the same rents as lower-income residents who qualify for subsidized housing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
That would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
Such a sophisticated effort would have been unthinkable for a private-label brand not long ago.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
It was a time when the unthinkable became thinkable and the impossible really happened.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
