unknowing

Example Sentences

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The scheme stretched from 1992 to 2003, and involved numerous unknowing clients including Murrin, Southern District of New York prosecutors said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

Whenever an unknowing fan shows up to a venue with a fake ticket, it often falls on the venue and its staff to deal with the situation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Much of “Flour” is concerned with the woman’s conversation with her driver about a parable from the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas that he is translating from Coptic—a tale, he says, about emptiness and unknowing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

"It was stressful as it relates to the unknowing" of what was going to happen, Hardwick said of the shutdown, adding that people were "annoyed and frustrated" by the impasse.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Even so, he did not think of the foes who were waiting for him, all unknowing, but of his brother at Winterfell.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin