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Recent Examples of unsuspected
Breaking down what the New Moon in Scorpio means
This New Moon invites us to explore the depths of our psyche, to meet ourselves in unsuspected corners of our minds, and to find comfort in the darkness.
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Marie Bladt,
Vogue,
19 Nov. 2025
An enormous but unsuspected hive After some hours the authorities were able to work out what had happened.
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Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
There’s a beautiful lilting rhythm to the story’s developments as the centrality of each of the four principal characters keeps shifting, often showing unsuspected sides of them.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Further investigation showed that the projector optics included a previously unsuspected UV filter incorporated into a block of glass that protects the rest of the system in case the projector’s bulb explodes.
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Paul Wallich,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 June 2016
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Marie Bladt,
Vogue,
19 Nov. 2025
An enormous but unsuspected hive After some hours the authorities were able to work out what had happened.
—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
There’s a beautiful lilting rhythm to the story’s developments as the centrality of each of the four principal characters keeps shifting, often showing unsuspected sides of them.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Further investigation showed that the projector optics included a previously unsuspected UV filter incorporated into a block of glass that protects the rest of the system in case the projector’s bulb explodes.
—
Paul Wallich,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 June 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsuspected
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Expecting Women To Perform Emotional Labor Women are often expected to organize celebrations, mentor new employees, mediate conflicts, and provide emotional support—all tasks that benefit organizations but often go unrecognized in promotion decisions.
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When harm remains unrecognized as error, safeguards rarely follow.
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Einstein and relativity The early modern physicist Isaac Newton had presumed an unperceived yet real flow of time.
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Marina, in economics, conveyed a lesson just as direct, but as yet unperceived.
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The cause of the crash is unknown at this time.
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But despite their individual backgrounds, the one thing pulling each of the athletes together has been their willingness risks—even when the result is entirely unknown.
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