unknown to
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: without being known about by (someone)
Unknown to me, my partner was organizing a surprise party for my birthday.
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Richard Greenwell, secretary of the International Society of Cryptozoology in Tuscon, Ariz., a group that investigates reported sightings of animals unknown to science, expects there’ll always be reports of sightings of strange creatures somewhere.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
Image Conspiracies Yigal Amir, the man who shot and killed Rabin in Tel Aviv after a rally in support of the Oslo Accords on Nov. 4, 1995, was not unknown to the Jewish Department.
—Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Some pigments, including potentially carcinogenic ones, may be unknown to tattoo artists.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2024
County police searched the girl’s phone and found conversations with Golden, who was unknown to law enforcement at the time, according to the documents.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2024
That there even was a Caesar is unknown to Noa (Owen Teague), a young chimpanzee whose father, Koro (Neil Sandilands) is leader of his clan and an avid breeder of birds.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 8 May 2024
From unknown to Trump confidant Parscale, a relatively unknown web designer in San Antonio, got his start working for Trump when he was hired to build a web presence for the business mogul’s family business.
—Garance Burke, Fortune, 6 May 2024
Still, the album stands strong as an illustration of self-belief, compassion – for ourselves and others – and embracing everything that’s left unknown to us.
—Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2024
The ideal American small town to retire in is probably unknown to most people.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2024
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
Image Conspiracies Yigal Amir, the man who shot and killed Rabin in Tel Aviv after a rally in support of the Oslo Accords on Nov. 4, 1995, was not unknown to the Jewish Department.
—Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Some pigments, including potentially carcinogenic ones, may be unknown to tattoo artists.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2024
County police searched the girl’s phone and found conversations with Golden, who was unknown to law enforcement at the time, according to the documents.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2024
That there even was a Caesar is unknown to Noa (Owen Teague), a young chimpanzee whose father, Koro (Neil Sandilands) is leader of his clan and an avid breeder of birds.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 8 May 2024
From unknown to Trump confidant Parscale, a relatively unknown web designer in San Antonio, got his start working for Trump when he was hired to build a web presence for the business mogul’s family business.
—Garance Burke, Fortune, 6 May 2024
Still, the album stands strong as an illustration of self-belief, compassion – for ourselves and others – and embracing everything that’s left unknown to us.
—Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2024
The ideal American small town to retire in is probably unknown to most people.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2024
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