as in ambiguous
not able to be known
No matter how far science advances, some things about the world will always remain unknown and unknowable. If passed, this law will have unknowable consequences.
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Recent Examples of unknowable
The columnist was making a two-pronged point that past performance is a lousy predictor of the future, and that the future itself is unknowable.
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John Tamny, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
What is a Trump rally but a teleprompter reading of stump-speech slop, interspersed with inexplicable lorem ipsum about Hannibal Lecter and wind turbines spun up by the unknowable language model in Trump’s own head?
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
But before long, Lina meets three neighbors whose stories set her on a path to an unknowable future.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
The eighth and ninth graders in your life aren’t totally unknowable, though—there’s plenty of overlap between what’s trending on TikTok and what’s timeless, just with a couple of tweaks.
—Annie Blackman, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
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John Tamny, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
What is a Trump rally but a teleprompter reading of stump-speech slop, interspersed with inexplicable lorem ipsum about Hannibal Lecter and wind turbines spun up by the unknowable language model in Trump’s own head?
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
But before long, Lina meets three neighbors whose stories set her on a path to an unknowable future.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
The eighth and ninth graders in your life aren’t totally unknowable, though—there’s plenty of overlap between what’s trending on TikTok and what’s timeless, just with a couple of tweaks.
—Annie Blackman, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unknowable
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The stakes in the east are enormous; the stakes in Kursk Oblast are ambiguous at best.David Axe, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The movie’s title is ambiguous about its titular character.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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The film, which sees Ash and his traveling companions Misty and Brock go to a mysterious island where they’re caught up in the ultrastrong legendary Pokémon Mewtwo’s revenge plot against the cruel world that created him, was a high-water mark for Pokémon.James Grebey, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
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The deer, knowing by some mysterious means that his would-be slayer is a novice, stands still, looking with amusement at buck fever’s latest victim.Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
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The episode’s host, John Mulaney, played a news junkie who was quizzed about the more obscure 2024 general-election players, such as Special Counsel Jack Smith.Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2024
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Six years after the 2018 Supreme Court decision that led to widespread legalization of mobile sports betting, U.S. sportsbooks dangle a variety of granular and obscure potential wagers in front of customers.Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Cody Bellinger, 29, OF, Boras: The former Dodgers elite center fielder and enigmatic hitter can opt out of the last two years and $52.5 million of his three-year, $80-million contract with the Chicago Cubs.Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Hello Kitty, the cute, enigmatic character that adorns everything from handbags to rice cookers, turns 50 on Friday — and is still making millions for her Japanese creators.Paula Ramon, Fortune Asia, 30 Oct. 2024
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Our data is optimistic, but the politics is uncertain.James Morton Turner, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2024
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Even with a Republican Congress, some of this could prove difficult — and the potential fallout is uncertain at best.Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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But the origins of proto-cuneiform’s emergence have been murky, and many of its symbols remain undeciphered.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Three weeks before the general election, the political climate is murky and filled with more and more inflammatory rhetoric.Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
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But the extent to which that national trend was a factor in the 8th District was unclear.John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
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The specific details of those efforts were unclear.Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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