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as in unnamed
not named or identified by a name
some unidentified person helped them and then left quietly
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Recent Examples of unidentified
Israeli forensic testing showed that those remains were in fact that of an unidentified woman.
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Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 22 Feb. 2025
The unidentified driver reported that something flew through his windshield and struck him in the chest, according to Lyndsey Lantz with the Los Angeles Fire Department.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The husband of a woman who was unidentified for nearly two decades after her legs were discovered inside a trash bin in Rancho San Diego pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and faces a possible life prison term when he is sentenced in May.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Since the cease-fire, medical workers have been called to retrieve dozens of unidentified bodies, said Saleh al-Homs, deputy director of the European Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis.
—Rawan Sheikh Ahmad Saher Alghorra, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 22 Feb. 2025
The unidentified driver reported that something flew through his windshield and struck him in the chest, according to Lyndsey Lantz with the Los Angeles Fire Department.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The husband of a woman who was unidentified for nearly two decades after her legs were discovered inside a trash bin in Rancho San Diego pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and faces a possible life prison term when he is sentenced in May.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Since the cease-fire, medical workers have been called to retrieve dozens of unidentified bodies, said Saleh al-Homs, deputy director of the European Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis.
—Rawan Sheikh Ahmad Saher Alghorra, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unidentified
Adjective
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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 talks are at an early stage, according to an unnamed source who said natural resources, energy exploration and trade routes are being discussed.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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That mission carried venture capitalist Lane Bess (a repeat flyer with Blue Origin), Spanish TV host Jesús Calleja, physicist entrepreneur Elaine Chia Hyde, reproductive endocrinologist Richard Scott, hedge fund partner Tushar Shah and a sixth unnamed crewmember to space and back.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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For anonymous tips, call (800) 222-8477 or visit the LACrimeStoppers website.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Denver is limiting its public campaign finance system after complaints about how money was spent in the 2023 election, such as banning spending on alcohol and anonymous cash donations.—
Axios Denver,
Axios,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Unidentified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidentified. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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