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- noun Plural form of
unknowable .
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Examples
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There aren't as many "unknowables" here as you claim there are.
Do fantasy stories undermine rationality in children? Ann Althouse 2008
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In fact, Spencer calmly affirms the identity of the two "unknowables" of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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And once again economists will prove their own worth by calculating allocative efficiency by disregarding the unknowns and unknowables.
Environmentalist Forecasting Model, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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These unknowables couldn't be in more competent, funny or empathetic hands than Weiner's.
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What Prosecutor Bharara needs is evidence that will clinch a legally challenging case without having to probe the unknowables of personality.
Great, Good and Guilty? Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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It's a story about many stories: friendships, rivalries, nationhood, the undesirability of old age, the quantification of genius and other "unknowables", like how much love do you need in a lifetime, and is sport really greater than life?
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka – review 2011
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The many unknowables and unexpected consequences of adding another hot war to America's rather full plate of hot conflicts around the world remains the same.
Steve Clemons: Stop Hyperventilating: Obama Will Not Choose War with Iran 2010
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The many unknowables and unexpected consequences of adding another hot war to America's rather full plate of hot conflicts around the world remains the same.
Steve Clemons: Stop Hyperventilating: Obama Will Not Choose War with Iran 2010
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As the novel draws toward its climax, it focuses more directly upon a question that contains many unknowables: What really happened to Beverly's father in 1941?
Frederick Reiken's 'Day for Night,' reviewed by Julie Orringer Julie Orringer 2010
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And you are right that there is no way to predict the future, or hog-tie the unknowables.
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