big unknown
noun
chiefly US
: the important thing that everyone would like to know
The big unknown is how investors will react.
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Advertisement The big unknown for Musk is Trump’s crowd-pleasing call for 60% tariffs on Chinese imports, and his MAGA pledge that would halt Biden administration subsidies for electric vehicles.
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Peter Green, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2024
Pisces Rising In your experience, Scorpio Season naturally lends itself to engaging with life’s mysteries and approaching the world as a big unknown to be interrogated.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024
The big unknown is whether Epic’s dominance will persist after its exacting, visionary leader is no longer at the helm.
—Katie Jennings, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Arora, who was not involved with the study, said that while the new research was strong, a big unknown with the paper is how the heavy metals got into the chocolate products in the first place.
—Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 31 July 2024
While initial polling and fundraising tallies suggest tremendous excitement for Harris’ rise, there remains a big unknown, and that is Harris herself.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 25 July 2024
Whether residential fossil fuel use remains a problem long enough to compel the development of such a system, however, is also a big unknown.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2023
One remaining big unknown is how voters respond to the barrage of television advertising that is about to start in the state.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
The big unknown: fatal crashes Seven million driverless miles of real-world driving gives us some information about the safety of Waymo vehicles.
—Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
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Peter Green, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2024
Pisces Rising In your experience, Scorpio Season naturally lends itself to engaging with life’s mysteries and approaching the world as a big unknown to be interrogated.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024
The big unknown is whether Epic’s dominance will persist after its exacting, visionary leader is no longer at the helm.
—Katie Jennings, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Arora, who was not involved with the study, said that while the new research was strong, a big unknown with the paper is how the heavy metals got into the chocolate products in the first place.
—Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 31 July 2024
While initial polling and fundraising tallies suggest tremendous excitement for Harris’ rise, there remains a big unknown, and that is Harris herself.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 25 July 2024
Whether residential fossil fuel use remains a problem long enough to compel the development of such a system, however, is also a big unknown.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2023
One remaining big unknown is how voters respond to the barrage of television advertising that is about to start in the state.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
The big unknown: fatal crashes Seven million driverless miles of real-world driving gives us some information about the safety of Waymo vehicles.
—Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
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“Big unknown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20unknown. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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