In situations where a function is dealing with a parametric type (generics) but it isn't interacting with the actual type value it's sometimes useful to use unknown as a type value.
Furthermore you typically narrow types with type assertions, user-defined type guards or assertion functions.
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In situations where a function is dealing with a parametric type (generics) but it isn't interacting with the actual type value it's sometimes useful to use unknown as a type value.
Furthermore you typically narrow types with type assertions, user-defined type guards or assertion functions.