unexplored

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Recent Examples of unexplored The current measurements, though precise, cover only certain angles and energies, leaving many regions unexplored. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2025 The central conceit emerged from a simple yet unexplored premise. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Nov. 2025 Astronomers can only glimpse them edge-on, and most past spacecraft have orbited close to the sun's equatorial plane, leaving its poles largely unexplored. Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2025 Unusual itineraries that put a new spin on classic destinations—and those that venture into unexplored areas. Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 6 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unexplored
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unexplored
Adjective
  • This ability was leveraged by scientists in 2016 to image a previously undiscovered corridor in the Great Pyramid of Giza.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
  • There is absolutely no evidence that frauds of this type or anywhere near this scale are happening in any of the other four states, or frankly that there is a large volume of as-yet-undiscovered fraud in Minnesota itself.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • In spring the central walkway becomes a riot of flowering crab apples and bare shoulders (I had been told), but now the kiosks were shuttered, the trees skeletal, the paths plowed but untrodden.
    Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • The path from political relative to TV star is hardly untrodden, however.
    Jon Allsop, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025

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“Unexplored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexplored. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.

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