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as in one
known but not named
I heard the news from a person who will remain anonymous
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as in unnamed
not named or identified by a name
a beautiful manuscript illuminated by an anonymous medieval monk
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Recent Examples of anonymous
The neighborhood has seen much more tourist traffic since Markle and Harry's arrival in 2020, anonymous residents told the outlet.
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Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 19 Jan. 2025
Police urged anyone with information about the incident to call homicide Detective Jean Moran at 704-432-8477 or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tips line at 704-334-1600.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 18 Jan. 2025
Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid has made the first contact necessary to sound out a potential transfer involving Atalanta's Brazilian powerhouse Ederson according to AS, which cited anonymous sources.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
After confirming the details from the anonymous call, the case was sent to university police for investigation, the spokesperson said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
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Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 19 Jan. 2025
Police urged anyone with information about the incident to call homicide Detective Jean Moran at 704-432-8477 or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tips line at 704-334-1600.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 18 Jan. 2025
Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid has made the first contact necessary to sound out a potential transfer involving Atalanta's Brazilian powerhouse Ederson according to AS, which cited anonymous sources.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
After confirming the details from the anonymous call, the case was sent to university police for investigation, the spokesperson said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
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Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
3 Aug. 2019
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Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.—
Johannes Himmelreich,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 Mar. 2018
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The bureau identified three other suspects in the surveillance operation, including two unnamed hardware engineers and a financier, a woman known as Wang.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The deluge, directed at an unnamed Cloudflare customer, came from 13,000 IoT devices infected by a variant of Mirai, a potent piece of malware with a long history of delivering massive DDoSes of once-unimaginable sizes.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
22 Jan. 2025
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The company prospered, in part, by accepting commissions for spec office space—for buildings that would house unidentified future occupants, in deals put together by real-estate developers.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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The 21-year-old victim got into an argument around 1:37 p.m. with an unidentified individual near General Hart Playground at 69th St. and 37th Ave.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Anonymous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anonymous. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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