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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For nearly 70 years, the exact location of the airship’s wreckage was unknown to the public—both because of its impressive depth of 1,476 feet underwater and due to the U.S. Navy’s attempts to discourage treasure hunters from discovering the wreck site.
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Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Her car was seized after Cain allowed her daughter, who, unknown to Cain had her driving privileges revoked because of a past conviction for driving under the influence, to use her car to pick up medication, court records show.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Kennedy Center Cam | Anadolu | Getty Images The midair collision of a military helicopter and an American Airlines regional jetliner near Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night brings to an end a streak of commercial air travel safety that was unknown to previous generations.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
Once those holdings are replaced with other holdings unknown to the appointee, the conflict of interest is considered resolved.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Her car was seized after Cain allowed her daughter, who, unknown to Cain had her driving privileges revoked because of a past conviction for driving under the influence, to use her car to pick up medication, court records show.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Kennedy Center Cam | Anadolu | Getty Images The midair collision of a military helicopter and an American Airlines regional jetliner near Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night brings to an end a streak of commercial air travel safety that was unknown to previous generations.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
Once those holdings are replaced with other holdings unknown to the appointee, the conflict of interest is considered resolved.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Unknown to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unknown%20to. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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