unknowing

Example Sentences

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If they take her case, the justices will decide whether the fraudulent acts of a third-party tax preparer should expose unknowing clients to audits that could reach years into the past.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

Much of “Flour” is concerned with the woman’s conversation with her driver about a parable from the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas that he is translating from Coptic—a tale, he says, about emptiness and unknowing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

"It was stressful as it relates to the unknowing" of what was going to happen, Hardwick said of the shutdown, adding that people were "annoyed and frustrated" by the impasse.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

The Southern California-based fraudsters can then max out lines of credit while unknowing victims live halfway across the world, he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

I took an unknowing step closer to him.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken