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inexplicable

[in-ek-spli-kuh-buhl, in-ik-splik-uh-buhl] / ɪnˈɛk splɪ kə bəl, ˌɪn ɪkˈsplɪk ə bəl /


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“It’s sort of inexplicable to me,” Texas Sen. John Cornyn, an ousted incumbent who’s suddenly a lot more willing to say what’s on his mind, told reporters.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

Denying patients a life-saving medicine for inexplicable reasons is the wrong kind of change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP Murray told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the errors were "inexplicable" as formal letters instructing councils to start preparing to hand over evidence "should have happened quite automatically".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

But here in Southern California, something more is in the air: a dense, motionless tsunami of something foul and inexplicable.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Harry stared at the creature, filled with wonder, not at her strangeness, but at her inexplicable familiarity.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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