How to Use untapped in a Sentence
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Sukhoi Log mine, thought to be one of the biggest untapped gold mines in the world.
— Thomas Grove, WSJ, 25 June 2021 -
But there’s so much more untapped talent that needs to be reached.
— Andrew Beers, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022 -
As Jiao sees it, cities are a huge untapped market for AI.
— Nick Rockel, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024 -
That leaves 93% of the world untapped and unrelatable to you.
— Stacey O'Byrne, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 -
The untapped market is in mom-and-pop restaurants, which make up 40% of the restaurant industry in the U.S.
— Gary Drenik, Forbes, 28 June 2022 -
Last month, the British government gave the go-ahead to develop Rosebank, the largest untapped oil-and-gas field in the North Sea.
— Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023 -
That means the marketers are back in the hunt, searching for new pools of untapped listeners.
— Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2022 -
With the 2023 Ram Rampage launching in Brazil, there are clues the new small truck could come to our shores and help the brand cash in on an untapped segment.
— Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 21 June 2023 -
Texas was the state with the most untapped potential, 7.8 million acre-feet of urban area runoff each year.
— Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024 -
The figures might not add up now, but the amount of untapped energy available ought to be hard to ignore.
— WIRED, 26 Oct. 2022 -
But the games rarely got play on the biggest platforms, so the untapped potential could never be met.
— Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024 -
That said, some funds may already be available–just untapped.
— Tim Requarth, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2022 -
Worsham’s 6-foot, 185-pound frame and untapped skill set could give a boost to the unit that’s returning five receivers who caught a pass last year.
— Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 4 May 2022 -
Stroud is 7-1 as a starter and has flashed plenty of potential yet untapped, but nobody cares about that.
— Stephen Means, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2021 -
Space is a refuge, a frontier, or an untapped market; Earth must be saved, or escaped, or writ large across the cosmos.
— New York Times, 7 Oct. 2021 -
There could be untapped potential there for the Red Raiders if their other options do not work out.
— Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022 -
Claude Gilbert always thought Colorado was an untapped oil well.
— Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2022 -
In the past decade, Naas says, watch brands have realized that women are an untapped market.
— Jessica Iredale, WSJ, 17 June 2021 -
For streaming services looking to grab a foothold in what remains the world’s last untapped market, Africa is a long play.
— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024 -
This has allowed the alkali flies—also known as brine flies—to make use of an untapped resource.
— Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 22 Jan. 2024 -
His fingers are on the laces, gripping untapped potential with the understanding that the wrong move can lead it to burst.
— Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2023 -
My Yale-to-Lincoln Tech path has reaffirmed my belief in the untapped potential of skilled trades.
— Darnell Epps, Washington Post, 24 June 2024 -
The market for tactical rifles, such as the AR-15, was still largely untapped.
— Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023 -
The goal was twofold: to sell to an untapped audience and to encourage little girls to take an interest in STEM fields.
— Mary Kenney, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Dec. 2022 -
The result is that vast quantities of metal have been left stranded over the decades in mine-waste piles on the surface, as well as in untapped deposits.
— Thomas Biesheuvel, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2022 -
Large portions of New York sit atop massive but untapped sources of natural gas.
— Claudia Tenney, WSJ, 11 May 2022 -
That through line, say Cutler and Rice, is an untapped, powerful way to increase health and well-being.
— Nicole Gull McElroy, Fortune Well, 22 Feb. 2023 -
The academic world has become more than an untapped market, it’s one of our core business lines.
— Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022 -
Recent statistics paint a picture of rapid growth and untapped potential in women's sports.
— Robert Daugherty, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 -
The price for crafting a space in this surprisingly untapped filmmaking market?
— India Roby, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2024
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