as in anonymous
not named or identified by a name
an incognito source in the CIA was the source of the information
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Thousands of poor, tired, anonymous Montgomery women and men, who trudged through winter’s inclement weather and summer’s blistering heat for 381 days, made that boycott a success.—
Paul L. Newman,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2025 -
According to Bloomberg and Reuters, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, Trump is also planning to create a crypto advisory council shortly after taking office, and to review several regulations concerning the ownership of digital assets.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 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 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 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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“Incognito.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incognito. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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