unknown
Example Sentences
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Like several other families we spoke to, she was discouraged from having a post-mortem, leaving the cause of Felix's death unknown.
From BBC
"It seems the authorities never knew what was happening," he said, adding that many of the male passengers are unknown because their names were withheld.
From BBC
“There are too many unknowns in the market,” said Ryan Jacobs, founder of Florida-based advisory firm Jacobs Investment Management, pointing to uncertainty around the timing of the next Fed interest-rate cut.
From MarketWatch
"We are going into the unknown," she said sternly, "And time is precious. We cannot afford to miss a chance to speed our way. Who knows Sheba best?"
From Literature
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Large denied and condemned the comments, saying the account was hacked, and there had been "unknown logins... and the account was deleted".
From BBC
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