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not seen or able to be seen
unseen dangers He escaped unseen.
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Recent Examples of unseen
Oil is starting to flow and large amounts of money, unseen for many years, will soon be helping the great people of Venezuela.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Still publicly unseen since the war began is Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, fueling speculation about his status.
—Adam Schreck, Arkansas Online, 8 May 2026
Now in its ninth year, the Great 8 showcase will screen unseen footage from all of the titles, introduced by their filmmakers, online exclusively to buyers and festival programmers from midday Friday.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
By recognizing this unseen harvest as a significant food source, policymakers can recognize that changes in recreational fishing opportunities don’t just affect anglers’ enjoyment, but also millions of households’ food security.
—Matthew Robertson, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Still publicly unseen since the war began is Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, fueling speculation about his status.
—Adam Schreck, Arkansas Online, 8 May 2026
Now in its ninth year, the Great 8 showcase will screen unseen footage from all of the titles, introduced by their filmmakers, online exclusively to buyers and festival programmers from midday Friday.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
By recognizing this unseen harvest as a significant food source, policymakers can recognize that changes in recreational fishing opportunities don’t just affect anglers’ enjoyment, but also millions of households’ food security.
—Matthew Robertson, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unseen
Adjective
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Many women experience motherhood and ambition as simultaneous life paths that require them to develop hidden strength.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Take the road less traveled, find hidden gems that aren't so much on the map, and be original in your itinerary.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 May 2026
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The nearly invisible Thoreau – the compulsively quantitative and analytically rigorous physical scientist – emerged from my research as a geologist interested in the history of 19th-century science.—
Robert M. Thorson,
The Conversation,
8 May 2026
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Small ones, constant ones, invisible ones.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Looking beyond the main structure captured by Webb, the galaxy’s spiral arms extend into a faint, wide ring of hydrogen gas stretching thousands of light-years.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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Meucci started seeing bright lights and feeling faint.—
Chris Hoffman,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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If your glass doors have a special coating that repels stains, test cleaners in an inconspicuous place first and check with the manufacturer for cleaning instructions.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 May 2026
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On an invitation from McGuire last weekend, Heath returned to Allianz for the first time but was inconspicuous to most while observing the Los Angeles FC match from the suite level.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
1 May 2026
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Even populous British colonies like Virginia and Pennsylvania grew blurry on their western frontiers, where indistinct borders were protected by a few lonely forts.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The video contained audio of the girl choking, as well as indistinct banging in the truck.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
19 Apr. 2026
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Gliding, light as a feather, through imperceptible gaps.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Because there are no limits on call time, the transition from customer service to therapy was often imperceptible.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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After the unremarkable Chip Kelly recruiting era, which begat a slight bump under DeShaun Foster, what first-year coach Bob Chesney has done, before coaching a game, has been downright remarkable.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
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The video shows slight puffs of smoke from the Sea Star’s smokestack, and then darker smoke rising from it after the strike.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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“Unseen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseen. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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