unknown territory

collocation in English

meaningsofunknownandterritory

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unknown
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈnəʊn/us
/ʌnˈnoʊn/
not known ...
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territory
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈter.ɪ.tər.i/us
/ˈter.ə.tɔːr.i/
(an area of) land, or sometimes sea, that is considered as belonging to or connected with a particular country ...
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(Definition ofunknownandterritoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The older universities, however, found themselves inunknownterritory.
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Viewed as a projected journey throughunknownterritorywith an unknown end, our personal future has quite fascinating possibilities.
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It also often heightens the recordist's own curiosity and encourages him/her to venture intounknownterritory.
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These soldiers are not arriving alone inunknownterritory.
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Although this is a major step intounknownterritory, we can argue about the likely results.
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They referred in the agreed report to the exploring ofunknownterritory.
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We must protect the firefighters who are enteringunknownterritoryin certain factories.
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The problem is that we are plunging intounknownterritory.
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I think we should be clear that we are moving into more or lessunknownterritory.
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The answer is, of course, that we simply do not know: we are enteringunknownterritory.
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For me it was a journey intounknownterritory.
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It has been said that we are moving intounknownterritory.
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We should then have crossed the nuclear threshold and have enteredunknownterritory.
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Perhaps that too was inevitable, as this wasunknownterritory.
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To a great extent, the general council would have to advance acrossunknownterritory.
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We are in a state of flux andunknownterritory.
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As all sides concede, we are enteringunknownterritory.
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We are enteringunknownterritoryin religious broadcasting.
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Once again, we are operating inunknownterritory.
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We are inunknownterritoryto a significant extent.
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