terra incognita
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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That topic already is broad enough, but once the Fed starts down that road, it quickly will find itself in intellectual terra incognita.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 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
She gets banished to bras, which is terra incognita for us—huge banks of shelves bearing barely distinguishable bi-coned objects—for a three-hour stretch.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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