black box

Example Sentences

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“It’s a black box to us,” says Foundation of Hearts chairman Gerry Mallon.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

He added that black box was about "keeping prices down and keeping people safe" and its data had also found younger drivers to be the highest risk.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

But her probe would be a black box that she could slow-walk indefinitely.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

Instead, it stages work in unlikely spaces: Masonic lodges, American Legions, women’s centers, but never traditional black box theaters.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

“Maybe the black box will work the next time, Archie,” Obie said.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier