the unknown
Example Sentences
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Markets will need to take down nearly $300 billion in new capital for three companies that have yet to turn a profit, and whose reach extends largely into the unknown.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
What worried him was the unknown scale of data centers.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Colin Firth described the film as a "rollercoaster" that explores empathy, fear and humanity's response to the unknown and said viewers "will be left with a lot of conversation points".
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
His hope is that we “preserve more lands for the unknown, for the phantoms, for the descendants” of the great native species.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
His own hands were huge windmills and he stared fascinated at the unknown thing that Antonapoulos held.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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