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When it comes to required minimum distributions from your retirement account, there are knowns and unknowns.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

The cast is uniformly first-rate, not just the likes of Mr. Tenney but the lesser knowns, among them the glorious Ms. Verlaque.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Donald Rumsfeld once said, in one of his more sage remarks, “There are knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns.”

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2025

A German law, knowns as the "debt brake", limits the amount of new borrowing the government is allowed to take on.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023

That was practically Mom’s favorite rule of science, and whenever she tried to work through a Big Question, she always started by making a list of knowns.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller