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what has been seen cannot be unseen

Disturbing or upsetting images are not easily forgotten. Even though I'm back from the battlefield now, what has been seen cannot be unseen.
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buy (something) sight unseen

To purchase something without seeing or examining it first. When I decided to buy a house sight unseen, I knew it would probably need a lot of repairs—and I was right!
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sight unseen

Without having ever witnessed a particular person or thing before. In this country, it's not uncommon to be arranged to marry someone sight unseen. Only a fool would buy a car sight unseen.
See also: sight, unseen

buy something sight unseen

to buy something without seeing it first. I bought this land sight unseen. I didn't know it was so rocky. It isn't usually safe to buy something sight unseen.
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sight unseen

Without having viewed the object in question, as in He bought the horse sight unseen. This seeming oxymoron-how can a sight, which means something seen, be not seen?-dates from the late 1800s.
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sight unˈseen

if you buy something sight unseen, you do not have an opportunity to see it before you buy it: We bought the table sight unseen and were pleased to find it was perfect for our kitchen.
See also: sight, unseen

sight unseen

Without seeing the object in question: bought the horse sight unseen.
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REMEMBER the soldiers of 1914 Who died for their country, lying unseen Fighting for fame, victory and glory And each one has a different story Like a bullet from a gun, they go down fast They are left there for years, until they Are found at last And today we remember them, the lions Who gave All of their courage, for there was PETER ALLEN, aged 101/2
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The Odeon believes it is the first big cinema chain in the country to launch a novel new way of watching top movies - called Screen Unseen - and is currently trialling the idea at around 20 selected cinemas.
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Siya yung the unseen, the unheard kapag may malaking kaso hindi lumalabas sa media para ipaliwanag ang present na sitwasyon sa peace and order kung bakit ganon," Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption member Boy Evangelista said in a televised interview.
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The Unseen War is first in a four-part series of Daily Mirror magazines to mark 100 years since the first shots were fired in one of history's darkest episodes.
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And now the most important of these theories have been critically tested, proving that the existence of the yet unseen particles is now more likely than ever.
Existence of particles smaller than Higgs particle now more likely than ever
Featuring stunning unseen images recently unearthed from the Mirror archive, this special 100-page publication will allow you to relive the glorious magic of the man who was, quite simply, The Best.
THE UNSEEN BEST
Anthony Bright Penarth | IT'S a strange thing this Faith, unseen.
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We are becoming witnesses and accomplices in an unseen primitivism and provincialism of a battle for power by tramping on the state, Erol Rizaov comments for Utrinski Vesnik.
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