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Idiom

remain to be seen

Meaning

To have not yet happened; to be as yet unknown.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“It remains to be seen if the team will win.”

“The new manager has many ideas, but it remains to be seen whether they will actually improve our sales.”

“While the initial results of the experiment are promising, it remains to be seen if these findings can be replicated under more rigorous laboratory conditions.”

Examples

simple

“It remains to be seen if the team will win.”

contextual

“The new manager has many ideas, but it remains to be seen whether they will actually improve our sales.”

complex

“While the initial results of the experiment are promising, it remains to be seen if these findings can be replicated under more rigorous laboratory conditions.”

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