unaccompanied
adjective
un·ac·com·pa·nied
ˌən-ə-ˈkəmp-nēd 
-ˈkämp-;
-ˈkəm-pə-,
-ˈkäm-
: not accompanied
especially
: being without instrumental accompaniment
Examples of unaccompanied in a Sentence
He attended the party unaccompanied.
Unaccompanied children are not allowed in the store.
All we've had from him is a lot of talk unaccompanied by any real effort to solve the problem.
a piece written for an unaccompanied cello
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The audit revealed that from 2019 to 2023, ICE transferred over 448,000 unaccompanied children to the HHS.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
The number of unaccompanied children removed also increased by 93.3 percent, from 212 in 2023 to 411 in 2024.
—Joanne Haner, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
According to the New York Times, more than 70,000 people have been deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti since October – including pregnant women, unaccompanied children and people who never even lived there.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
In some cases that involved smuggling unaccompanied children, the defendants would provide scripts of what to say if apprehended, the indictment said.
—Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
The number of unaccompanied children removed also increased by 93.3 percent, from 212 in 2023 to 411 in 2024.
—Joanne Haner, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
According to the New York Times, more than 70,000 people have been deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti since October – including pregnant women, unaccompanied children and people who never even lived there.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
In some cases that involved smuggling unaccompanied children, the defendants would provide scripts of what to say if apprehended, the indictment said.
—Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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unaccompanied
adjective
un·ac·com·pa·nied
ˌən-ə-ˈkəmp-(ə-)nēd
: not accompanied
especially
: being without instrumental accompaniment
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