Players' representatives negotiate in a manner that was previously unimaginable.

Tsunami defences proved catastrophically inadequate against the previously unimaginable height and force of the water.

Yet events in financial markets were moving so fast that within days the government had to act on a previously unimaginable scale.

This catch showed how quickly teams can get on a roll and, when it happens, how it elevates skills to previously unimaginable levels.

Still, it seems reasonable to assume that will happen, given that the recent past has been a blur of previously unimaginable change, so the near future probably will be, too.