the great unknown
Example Sentences
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This remains the great unknown in your case.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 28, 2026
Leavitt, working as a poorly paid member of a team of mostly women who cataloged data for the scientists at the observatory, found a way to peer out into the great unknown and measure it.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2024
"There's no Person X. That would be the great unknown."
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2023
It was, instead, a staggered stumble into the great unknown, a night requiring extra time, exhausting effort, and the overcoming of one massive mistake.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2023
But I’m also feeling all that I have in my life, which includes what I have lost, as well as the great unknown of what life might still bring me.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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