as in trial
a source of many troubles; something that will lead to many problems
Their parents are understandably afraid of opening a pandora's box if they buy their oldest child a car.
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Recent Examples of pandora's box
The procedural vote yesterday was our effort to advance President Trump's important legislative agenda while disabling a discharge petition that would force proxy voting and open a dangerous Pandora's box for the institution.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Opening the Pandora's box will come at a heavy cost for the U.S. government and its allies.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Advances in technology have opened an exciting possibility or perhaps stirred a Pandora's box.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Meta's plan to generate synthetic content tailored to individual users — which attracted little notice this week amid a slew of product announcements — opens a whole new Pandora's box in an AI world already full of them.
—Ina Fried, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
Both Cancer and Sagittarius possess a rich inner world similar to Pandora's box, each containing a wealth of complexities and unique attributes waiting to be explored.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024
There is also the possibility that the AI worries that humans will open Pandora's box.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 May 2023
The police have had bomb disposal robots forever, but the Pandora's box of weaponizing them was originally opened by the Dallas Police Department.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2022
Blonde was a philosophical Pandora's box.
—Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 19 Nov. 2022
Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Opening the Pandora's box will come at a heavy cost for the U.S. government and its allies.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Advances in technology have opened an exciting possibility or perhaps stirred a Pandora's box.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Meta's plan to generate synthetic content tailored to individual users — which attracted little notice this week amid a slew of product announcements — opens a whole new Pandora's box in an AI world already full of them.
—Ina Fried, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
Both Cancer and Sagittarius possess a rich inner world similar to Pandora's box, each containing a wealth of complexities and unique attributes waiting to be explored.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024
There is also the possibility that the AI worries that humans will open Pandora's box.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 May 2023
The police have had bomb disposal robots forever, but the Pandora's box of weaponizing them was originally opened by the Dallas Police Department.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2022
Blonde was a philosophical Pandora's box.
—Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 19 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pandora's box
Noun
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Judge Scott Gordon denied the defense motion and sent the case to trial in Judge Ronald Coen's courtroom.—
Greg Fisher,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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The tech giant went to court on Monday in an antitrust trial focused on its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.—
Bluesky Social,
Bluesky Social,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And that gave birth to the worst Wolverine, which also gave birth to the idea that the suit is a hair shirt.—
Michael Ordoña,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Nov. 2024
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Erin Maglaque’s review of a new book on women and sound in Renaissance Italy peels back the layers of a less-talked about form of religious asceticism and control, one where there are no hair shirts or decade-long fasts, just… silence.—
Michelle Weber,
Longreads,
15 Nov. 2024
Noun
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And of course, a system that has operated in darkness for decades will feel discomfort as it is moved into the light.—
Chris Alexander,
New York Daily News,
13 Apr. 2025
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The only Heat players unavailable on Friday were Nikola Jovic (broken right hand), Pelle Larsson (sprained right ankle), Kevin Love (personal reasons), Isaiah Stevens (right foot discomfort) and Dru Smith (left Achilles surgery).—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Toki Doki: The Eat Street burger joint is serving wings with both a dry rub and a homemade, gluten-free gochujang sauce.—
Kyle Stokes,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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The three of them shared head bonks, muzzle rubs, purrs, and cuddling!!—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Pandora's box.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pandora%27s%20box. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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