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  • What this means for the themes and design of 2022's ceremonies remain to be seen.
    CNN, 4 Feb. 2022
  • What attempts there will be to enforce the ban, if any, remain to be seen this weekend.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Any effects from Jolie's sale of her stake in Chateau Miraval three weeks ago remain to be seen.
    Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The three other players who join them in the starting lineup remain to be seen.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Their chances of success remain to be seen and will depend in part on the current midterm elections.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Whether that prediction holds true and where the economy goes remain to be seen.
    Steve Mollman, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Space is certainly going to get more crowded soon — the effects of which will remain to be seen.
    Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2021
  • But as with metals, the specific impacts remain to be seen.
    al, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The impact of Ocasio-Cortez’s endorsement remain to be seen.
    Rick Klein, Averi Harper, ABC News, 7 June 2021
  • How Johnson governs a city with respect to its most intractable issues will remain to be seen.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
  • As the holiday season heads into full swing, the effects of the strike on the operation of Sky Harbor remain to be seen.
    Athena Ankrah, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The after-effects of the pandemic on college admissions remain to be seen.
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 30 June 2021
  • What questions the show will answer following the cliffhangers left after the shocking first season remain to be seen with its March 24 return.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Whether these changes and priorities outlast the pandemic remain to be seen.
    Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 17 Feb. 2022
  • However its benefits, on a larger scale, remain to be seen.
    Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2020
  • She’s listed as a midfielder on the Thorns roster, but how that looks and what tactical system coach Mark Parsons uses remain to be seen.
    oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The exact details of her final conversation remain to be seen.
    Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The Glass Fire’s long-term consequences for the valley — especially the potential blow to tourism, crucial to the local economy — remain to be seen.
    Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Kelly’s sentencing is in May, and the consequences for his associates—some of whom testified in hopes of leniency by the government—remain to be seen.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The political implications for Trump remain to be seen.
    David Rohde, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The fates of others, including Sophia Di Martino’s Sylvie and the internet’s favorite alligator, remain to be seen.
    Angela Watercutter, Wired, 14 July 2021
  • While the impact of nation-wide protests on markets and consumer sentiment may remain to be seen, investors are grappling with several other headwinds this week.
    Anne Sraders, Fortune, 1 June 2020
  • Of course, whether this eventually parlays into actual profits will remain to be seen.
    Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 7 July 2022
  • The details of the cement and steel standard remain to be seen, but a federal push to cut emissions from those two carbon intensive products would have ripple effects across a wide array of industries.
    Justin Worland, Time, 31 Mar. 2021
  • While the particulars remain to be seen, the takeaway is this: the vaping industry’s honeymoon period is over.
    Jamie Ducharme, Time, 3 Sep. 2021
  • What President Biden will do with some $350 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports remains to be seen, and might just remain to be seen for some time, according to conventional wisdom.
    Ken Roberts, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Not only is this discomforting but the requirement to remain to be seen as engaged, focused and undistracted at all times is also exhausting.
    Rsm Discovery, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • While its effects on geopolitics, markets, and elections remain to be seen, the invasion will also likely continue to widen the growing divide on the American right.
    Joseph S. Laughon, National Review, 2 Mar. 2022
  • That doctrine's success in today's altered geopolitical landscape would remain to be seen.
    NBC News, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Though the ultimate repercussions of the two strains remain to be seen, their apparent ability to reinfect people threatens to weaken one of the few guardrails for a pandemic-weary populace.
    Luke Money, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2022

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