How to Use big unknown in a Sentence

big unknown

noun
  • This leaves a possible expense later in life that is a big unknown, but should be planned for, experts say.
    Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 7 June 2026
  • The big unknown is the fate of Iran’s huge stockpile of uranium—some four hundred kilograms—which had been enriched before the war.
    Robin Wright, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
  • One big unknown, following the death of the penny, lay in how retailers might handle the math of rounding off cash transactions.
    Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The new tracking method may also help answer the big unknown of how much space debris actually reaches the surface of Earth.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The big unknown, of course, is how long Trump is willing to stay selling the idea, and whether Republicans will bend to his predilections.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
  • But the price sensitivity of consumers for weight loss drugs remains a big unknown, which makes greater volumes and more access points important.
    Annika Kim Constantino,elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Another big unknown is how consumers will respond as inflationary pressures squeeze their spending.
    Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
  • And the cost of the sixth Grand Sport was a rather big unknown, since the automaker wasn’t ready to share those details when the vehicle made its debut last month.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Regulatory approval is the big unknown.
    Jack Ewing, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Pricing is the big unknown, with persistent rumors that GTA VI could become the first $100 standard-edition game as Take-Two keeps declining to commit to a number.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026

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