unknown to
idiom
: without being known about by (someone)
Unknown to me, my partner was organizing a surprise party for my birthday.
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That means the masses of these possible Barnard’s star worlds place them in a planetary class unknown to our familiar solar system.
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John Wenz, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2024
The couple has currently received over 45 donations, mostly from people unknown to them.
—Rosie Bell, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2024
Now he is set to return, not to Shanghai or Beijing, but to a place largely unknown to foreign visitors.
—Serenitie Wang, Cnbc, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
Besides wanting to jump at the chance to work with Destiny and Morrison, what drew Henry to the project was his frustration that Shields’ story was still relatively unknown to the general public.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
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John Wenz, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2024
The couple has currently received over 45 donations, mostly from people unknown to them.
—Rosie Bell, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2024
Now he is set to return, not to Shanghai or Beijing, but to a place largely unknown to foreign visitors.
—Serenitie Wang, Cnbc, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
Besides wanting to jump at the chance to work with Destiny and Morrison, what drew Henry to the project was his frustration that Shields’ story was still relatively unknown to the general public.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Unknown to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unknown%20to. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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