new territory
English
Noun
- (idiomatic) Synonym of uncharted territory.
- 2011, Leo Hollis, The Phoenix:
- Wren, who had hoped to make his name with his discovery, immediately put De Corpore aside, hoping that in silence his failure would disappear. He was forced to think again about his future and resolved to seek new territory within the New Philosophy which he could call his own, rather than face the embarrassment of being trumped for a second time.
- 2012 October 24, Jon Caramanica, “No More Kid Stuff for Taylor Swift”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 8 December 2020:
- Instead, she has to carve new territory: a nontransgressive, rose-colored female pop megastar, the likes of which haven’t been seen in decades.
- 2025 November 25, Caroline Siede, “Zootopia 2 is a stagnant sequel with one stellar subplot”, in AV Club[2]:
- It’s a sweet message and well-acted by the perfectly cast Goodwin and Bateman, whose incredible chemistry is almost wasted by not making this an overt love story. But it’s another place where the film feels content to repeat the beats of the first one rather than enter new territory.