unexplored

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Recent Examples of unexplored But this season, circumstances related to health and roster construction had pushed the team into areas previously unexplored. Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026 Yet, despite its influence on clothing and race tactics, aerodynamics has remained largely unexplored in the realm of footwear. Cory Smith, Outside, 8 Jan. 2026 That’s because in 2021, the idea of a liter-class Chinese bike was still fairly unexplored. New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2025 The hit sequel also introduces a way to expand the universe, and if the post-credit scene is anything to go by, there may be hope for a third film that takes fans into a previously unexplored realm. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unexplored
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Adjective
  • The 10- to 13-foot shark was discovered in near-freezing waters where few research cameras operate, suggesting undiscovered marine life.
    Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The Great Lakes are home to anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000 shipwrecks, most of which remain undiscovered, according to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin Water Library.
    Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The move to mirror the suffocation of fame and family name by making the show’s scope increasingly claustrophobic is not untrodden territory.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2026
  • 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

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“Unexplored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexplored. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.

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