terra incognita

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The kitchen floor suddenly terra incognita, Jack looked to me across the table for help.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

This is really quite intriguing as we do not know much about these parts of the genome; our work shows there is benefit in exploring further this genetic terra incognita.'

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024

Let them believe that the Puget Sound region is terra incognita and perhaps they won’t come out here.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024

For many years, the human Y chromosome was terra incognita.

From Scientific American • Sep. 27, 2023

If the University of Chicago was terra incognita for Jesse, it was also unsettling for me, not a world I was at ease in.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz