uncharted waters
plural noun
: new and unknown areas
The company is moving into uncharted waters with its Internet marketing campaign.
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Georgia women’s basketball is navigating uncharted waters this season.
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Olivia Sayer, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
There are some clear examples in college football of how people have done it the last two years, but there is another element to this in that these are uncharted waters.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2026
The Milan Games will mark his sixth Olympics stint, so Tirico’s not exactly heading out into uncharted waters, but next Sunday’s assignment cements the 59-year-old’s status as a committed—portmanteau incoming—workaholic.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Warnings of violence Israeli recognition of Somaliland has pushed the region into uncharted waters, said Mahad Wasuge, director of Public Agenda, a Somali think tank.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
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Olivia Sayer, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
There are some clear examples in college football of how people have done it the last two years, but there is another element to this in that these are uncharted waters.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2026
The Milan Games will mark his sixth Olympics stint, so Tirico’s not exactly heading out into uncharted waters, but next Sunday’s assignment cements the 59-year-old’s status as a committed—portmanteau incoming—workaholic.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Warnings of violence Israeli recognition of Somaliland has pushed the region into uncharted waters, said Mahad Wasuge, director of Public Agenda, a Somali think tank.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for uncharted waters
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