the unknown
noun
: a place, situation, or thing that is not known about or understood
explorers venturing off into the unknown
: a situation that one is unfamiliar with
A fear of the unknown kept her from changing jobs.
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Some mourned the loss of Kirk as a martyr, while others quickly blamed the left and Democrats for, at the very least, provoking the unknown shooter.
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Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Offering access to such information helps to alleviate Gen Z’s anxieties about the unknown and empowers them to process and feel in control at work.
—Kathryn Lancioni, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Transmutation—bridging the known to the unknown, the remembered to the imagined, the truth to the embellished—is a writer’s privilege, a writer’s realm.
—Beth Kephart
september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Comedy television shows have kind of slid into the unknown.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
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Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Offering access to such information helps to alleviate Gen Z’s anxieties about the unknown and empowers them to process and feel in control at work.
—Kathryn Lancioni, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Transmutation—bridging the known to the unknown, the remembered to the imagined, the truth to the embellished—is a writer’s privilege, a writer’s realm.
—Beth Kephart
september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Comedy television shows have kind of slid into the unknown.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the unknown
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“The unknown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20unknown. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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