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Recent Examples of unscreened
Use mosquito netting when sleeping outdoors or in an unscreened structure and to protect infants when outdoors.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 July 2024
Out-of-control children were dosed with adult tranquilizers, administered through unsterilized needles, while many who fell ill received transfusions of unscreened blood.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 21 Dec. 2020
The city of Pasadena has not been totally unscreened since the pandemic.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
Earlier diagnosis drastically improves survival, but unfortunately unscreened cancers account for 80 to 90 percent of cancer deaths, says Harpal Kumar, president of the European wing of Grail, a health care company whose mission is to detect cancer earlier.
—WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
See All Example Sentences for unscreened
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 July 2024
Out-of-control children were dosed with adult tranquilizers, administered through unsterilized needles, while many who fell ill received transfusions of unscreened blood.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 21 Dec. 2020
The city of Pasadena has not been totally unscreened since the pandemic.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
Earlier diagnosis drastically improves survival, but unfortunately unscreened cancers account for 80 to 90 percent of cancer deaths, says Harpal Kumar, president of the European wing of Grail, a health care company whose mission is to detect cancer earlier.
—WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscreened
Adjective
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For now, critics say the public remains uninformed—and potentially unprotected.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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This is a standard precaution to prevent other hackers from exploiting the flaw, while some users are still unprotected.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The child had found an unsecured handgun in his home and put the gun into his backpack before going to school at Lee Hill Elementary School in Spotsylvania County on Monday, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office said in a press release.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Investigators say the child placed an unsecured handgun in his school backpack after finding the weapon at home.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In March, a 43-year-old visitor from California drowned while snorkeling on Kauai at unguarded Larsen’s Beach.—
Jen Murphy,
Outside Online,
2 Apr. 2025
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Seemingly innocuous bits of digital information — public Venmo friend lists, unguarded contact info, personal interactions — can serve as entry points for adversaries seeking to undermine national security.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Unscreened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscreened. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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