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terra incognita

[ter-uh in-kog-ni-tuh, in-kog-nee-, ter-rah in-kawg-ni-tah] / ˈtɛr ə ɪnˈkɒg nɪ tə, ˌɪn kɒgˈni-, ˈtɛr rɑ ɪnˈkɔg nɪ tɑ /


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The kitchen floor suddenly terra incognita, Jack looked to me across the table for help.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 26, 2026

This is really quite intriguing as we do not know much about these parts of the genome; our work shows there is benefit in exploring further this genetic terra incognita.'

From Science Daily Mar. 27, 2024

Let them believe that the Puget Sound region is terra incognita and perhaps they won’t come out here.

From Seattle Times Jan. 5, 2024

For many years, the human Y chromosome was terra incognita.

From Scientific American Sep. 27, 2023

She gets banished to bras, which is terra incognita for us—huge banks of shelves bearing barely distinguishable bi-coned objects—for a three-hour stretch.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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