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: not seen or perceived
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: sight sense 1
an unseen translation
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But they are now interpreted as relating to the footprints following recent field surveys aided by drones, which uncovered previously unseen carvings.
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Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
The foreign transactions — previously unseen in scale and speed for a former White House adviser — are bringing fresh scrutiny as Mr. Kushner’s father-in-law again seeks the White House and control over American foreign policy.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
David is recruited by the Vatican’s secret service to ‘remote view’ a paranormal ability to see the unseen in order to detect evil.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024
Charles Spencer shared a previously unseen picture of himself with his sister Diana this week.
—Harriet Johnston, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2024
His archive sat untouched and unseen in his San Francisco apartment for nearly half a century, and represents some of the only sound-and-motion footage from the formative years of the convention.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
That undeniable confirmation for the world’s revisionist forces that America was an exhausted power incapable of defending its interests for very long was swiftly followed on by Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine — a horrific war of territorial conquest unseen on the European continent since 1945.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 18 Mar. 2024
Then, Pat Sheridan's initial cancer diagnosis was ignored for six months, because his paperwork was left unseen on a fax machine.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
Moving between painting, drawing, sculpture and architectural intervention, Brody used commonplace materials to reveal unseen bodies and negative space.
—Caitie Kelly Lindsey Tramuta Lauren Cochrane Angela Koh Laura Bannister Gisela Williams, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
The foreign transactions — previously unseen in scale and speed for a former White House adviser — are bringing fresh scrutiny as Mr. Kushner’s father-in-law again seeks the White House and control over American foreign policy.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
David is recruited by the Vatican’s secret service to ‘remote view’ a paranormal ability to see the unseen in order to detect evil.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024
Charles Spencer shared a previously unseen picture of himself with his sister Diana this week.
—Harriet Johnston, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2024
His archive sat untouched and unseen in his San Francisco apartment for nearly half a century, and represents some of the only sound-and-motion footage from the formative years of the convention.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
That undeniable confirmation for the world’s revisionist forces that America was an exhausted power incapable of defending its interests for very long was swiftly followed on by Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine — a horrific war of territorial conquest unseen on the European continent since 1945.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 18 Mar. 2024
Then, Pat Sheridan's initial cancer diagnosis was ignored for six months, because his paperwork was left unseen on a fax machine.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
Moving between painting, drawing, sculpture and architectural intervention, Brody used commonplace materials to reveal unseen bodies and negative space.
—Caitie Kelly Lindsey Tramuta Lauren Cochrane Angela Koh Laura Bannister Gisela Williams, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Unseen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseen. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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