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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
The victims were a 39-year-old woman and a 47-year-old man, both from Mexico, and an unidentified young woman, believed to be from Guatemala.
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Andrew Blankstein, NBC news, 5 May 2025
The unidentified 35-year-old woman was spotted running away from a home in Bridgeport around 1:30 p.m., cops said in a Facebook post.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
Garcia said Wednesday that police were searching for the two unidentified suspects.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 8 May 2025
Fungi remain poorly understood, with over 90 percent of species still unidentified, the Financial Times reported.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
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Andrew Blankstein, NBC news, 5 May 2025
The unidentified 35-year-old woman was spotted running away from a home in Bridgeport around 1:30 p.m., cops said in a Facebook post.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
Garcia said Wednesday that police were searching for the two unidentified suspects.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 8 May 2025
Fungi remain poorly understood, with over 90 percent of species still unidentified, the Financial Times reported.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 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
Adjective
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The episode cited unnamed sources close to the investigation and included unreleased surveillance camera footage from a neighboring home, as well as a variety of data purported to be directly from Kohberger’s cellphone, such as Google searches, photos and call logs.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
22 May 2025
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The protest and the reveal of Walmart’s AI plans followed another disruption earlier that day at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in Seattle when an unnamed Palestinian tech worker disrupted a speech by Jay Parikh, Microsoft’s head of CoreAI.—
Hayden Field,
CNBC,
21 May 2025
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About a dozen of them were fired in February, according to a USDA bee-lab researcher who asked to remain anonymous to protect their job; some were rehired temporarily, then placed on administrative leave.—
Joanna Thompson,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2025
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According to sources, who wanted to remain anonymous to protect relationships, the money is most likely to be invested in improving the women’s training facilities at Cobham, which many behind the scenes believe have fallen behind those offered by WSL rivals.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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“Unidentified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidentified. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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