as in countless
too many to be counted
untold generations have lived and died in this ancient land
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Recent Examples of untold
The untold saga of Morrison’s bust leads from an elusive sculptor in Belgrade to the mayor of Paris to a tantalizing revelation from a previously undisclosed eyewitness.
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David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
That’s preserved in over 300 medieval and Renaissance manuscript witnesses and has served as the basis of untold thousands of visual representations of Jesus Christ.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
And Guiela Nguyen continues to work on stories previously untold in France.
—Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
In ways large and small, the meal that took place at City Tavern on July 4, 1777, was the result of a thousand unlikely events put into motion by untold numbers of people across time and space.
—Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
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David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
That’s preserved in over 300 medieval and Renaissance manuscript witnesses and has served as the basis of untold thousands of visual representations of Jesus Christ.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
And Guiela Nguyen continues to work on stories previously untold in France.
—Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
In ways large and small, the meal that took place at City Tavern on July 4, 1777, was the result of a thousand unlikely events put into motion by untold numbers of people across time and space.
—Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untold
countless
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Introduced to baseball by her great-grandmother, who took her to countless games, Clark developed an early appreciation for competition, focus, and team dynamics.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Red Spider Nebula, NGC 6537, is one among countless examples.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Untold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untold. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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