unknown
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“An unknown number of agents are constantly arriving in Minnesota without any knowledge of the investigation, the issues already discussed and decided, and the processes they need to follow,” Teirab complained.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
In 1989, Voyager 2 discovered six previously unknown moons around Neptune.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
While three-time Olympic champion Thiam is absent, Johnson-Thompson's own injury issues meant her form leading into the championships was unknown.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Distressed vets administered a glucose injection -- the only option, given that the cause of the ailment remains unknown -- to the 11-year-old male, known as Genghis Khan, who was struggling to breathe.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The problem, he felt certain, was that some gargantuan, unknown dollar amount of credit default swaps had been bought and sold on every one of them.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
But with politics as wild as it has been of late, and the public in a sour mood, this election is shaping up as a mass of unknowns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
And what was left, once memories of the crisis faded, were the harms of the choices we made to cope with a whole host of unknowns: the learning losses, socialization issues, and shuttered businesses.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Shapses said there are some unknowns about the study.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Tournament success requires adaptability to deal with unknowns.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Dangerous as they could be to me, somehow, they did not seem as threatening as the dark shadowy woods with its strange sounds, its unknowns.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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