How to Use uncharted waters in a Sentence

uncharted waters

plural noun
  • Safe to say, this fire sign isn’t afraid to explore uncharted waters or unmarked paths.
    Brittany Beringer, Women's Health, 12 Aug. 2023
  • But with so few guidelines and established best practices for the new era of generative A.I., YouTube will be in uncharted waters.
    Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is in uncharted waters, with the next several weeks potentially setting its course, for good or for ill.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2023
  • The classification done by Konishi and his colleagues has raised a fresh batch of questions about mosasaurs, proving that uncharted waters still lie ahead.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Disney's return trip under the sea takes fans into some uncharted waters.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 26 May 2023
  • In any scenario, legal experts said, the nation finds itself in uncharted waters.
    Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The House would be in uncharted waters if McCarthy is removed as speaker: A motion to vacate has never been used successfully.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The House, which just days ago barely staved off a government shutdown, now wades into uncharted waters without a clear successor to McCarthy and a temporary speaker at the reins for the first time.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The current search for ways to prolong the X-date could similarly plunge the administration into uncharted waters.
    Jeff Stein, Rachel Siegel and Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2023
  • Logan then got the jump on his kids, selling the company to the eccentric Lukas Mattson (Alexander Skarsgård), and sending the show into entirely uncharted waters for its final go-around.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 26 Mar. 2023
  • At the same time, investors and Meta shareholders have grown critical of Zuckerberg’s decision to steer the company into uncharted waters with his metaverse push, first announced in late 2021.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • That’s traveling in uncharted waters, with past media rights deals mostly linear and network driven.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Scalzo knew the company was navigating uncharted waters and that there would be legal challenges.
    Kashmir Hill, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Toppin’s clinic is willing to navigate uncharted waters to help people like Teske carry their pregnancies to term.
    Sadia Rafiquddin, STAT, 31 Aug. 2023
  • However, some experts still see this as an indication that climate change is heading into some uncharted waters as heat waves get more frequent and intense.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 July 2023
  • Another Israeli official said that Iran's conflict with Israel is now in uncharted waters.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
  • According to Hines, Netflix understands that gaming is new, uncharted waters for a streaming platform and that the best way to navigate them is through collaboration.
    Ash Parrish, The Verge, 28 July 2023
  • Such an order would bring the probation department into uncharted waters.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • However, as the lines between reality and digital fabrication continue to blur, the onus falls on both the tech community and legal systems to steer the ship through these uncharted waters.
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Judge Richter said that cases like Wilson’s are likely to continue as employers navigate uncharted waters in the post-pandemic workplace.
    Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Intervention backing off The past few years have prompted a series of pushy interventions from governments and central banks, which have pulled every lever in their arsenal to steer global economies through uncharted waters.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The charges take the country into uncharted waters, as Trump seeks another term as president while facing the specter of a federal criminal trial and a potentially lengthy jail sentence if convicted.
    Byron Tau, WSJ, 10 June 2023
  • Bass is also taking the city into relatively uncharted waters.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
  • As legal challenges mount, election officials and judges across the country have found themselves in uncharted waters that pose fundamental questions for American democracy.
    Anna Betts, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Fishy Photography Endless Ocean Luminous focuses on diving into uncharted waters to study and shoot marine life.
    PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
  • While innovators in uncharted waters may struggle to find investment, founders can expect to see capital concentrated in those segments that have previously demonstrated traction among users and proven more resilient against the market downturn.
    Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Efforts to explore and map the genomes and molecular processes that govern biological organisms are the modern data equivalent of the crude maps used by 15th century seafarers exploring uncharted waters.
    Tara O'Toole, STAT, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Her departure alongside a wave of other exits by senior leadership has thrust the orchestra administration into uncharted waters.
    Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Navigating uncharted waters, Troy Medical faced its share of turbulence.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Beyond the uncertainty that being indicted inserts into Trump's comeback campaign, the legal development thrusts him, the judicial system and perhaps the country itself into uncharted waters.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2023

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