How to Use unpublished in a Sentence

unpublished

adjective
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  • The book is a sequel to 1953’s Junkie and went unpublished for decades.
    — Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In all of these cases, though, the requests were ignored, and the unpublished work came to light.
    — Sophie Haigney, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2017
  • But despite all the fanfare, the text of the deal remained unpublished.
    — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
  • In the process, unpublished manuscripts are getting stolen.
    — Wayne Elsey, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Part of me still thinks this is all just a chapter in an unpublished novel.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 1 July 2022
  • Among the unpublished works is an acerbic essay that Miller penned in the wake of Monroe’s death.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Her days as an unpublished author are long gone of course.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Twins Adam and Daniel Cooper wrote the unpublished 42-page short story and will write the script adapting their own work.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2024
  • There's also a toll-free number to call to hear about unpublished fares.
    — Jill Fergus, Good Housekeeping, 26 Feb. 2019
  • So in the years since his father’s death, Matt Salinger has been working his way through the unpublished writing.
    — oregonlive.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The top prize for unpublished works, the Chet Cunningham Spur Award, is named after him.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2021
  • The stories came from her unpublished manuscripts and papers.
    — Rebekah Denn, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2020
  • The folio contains a collection of 36 of the Bard’s most famous plays, with half unpublished manuscripts.
    — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 21 July 2022
  • Dashmiel comes to Lisey early in the episode looking for Scott’s papers and unpublished works, even blocking the path of her car.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 June 2021
  • Along the way, Porzak fell in love with her mother’s unpublished manuscript.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
  • That’s an unpublished interview, and a huge one, 28 pages.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2021
  • But six years later, that data was still unpublished, lingering in the back of their minds.
    — Candice Wang, Popular Science, 28 May 2020
  • At the same time, Lisey must also contend with some outside pressure to turn over Scott’s trove of unpublished manuscripts.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2021
  • Yogo said the 40% savings rate is a new data point, yet unpublished.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
  • The king released a previously unpublished photograph of the queen that shows her at the height of her power at age 42.
    — Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Applicants should send an unpublished article of no more than 600 words and a CV to [email protected] by March 4th.
    — The Economist, 20 Feb. 2021
  • New archival sources and previously unpublished notes help recount the first space flight to orbit the earth.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2021
  • Saito has made a career of teasing out an eco-theory from the late, unpublished writings of Karl Marx.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
  • In the unpublished opinion, released today, the Court of Appeals said that Bashara failed to establish any of his claims.
    — Perry A. Farrell, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Or maybe DeepMind had somehow managed to get hold of a cache of unpublished data?
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Salinger also has said unpublished work by his late father will be coming out, but may be years away.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • One novel went unpublished; the next found a home only after years of effort.
    — Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books, 12 Mar. 2020
  • This did much to preserve her memory, but what about her unpublished work?
    — Lauren Leblanc, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • When Zed discovered the mystery surrounding an unpublished novel called The Monster’s Castle, they were completely hooked.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 26 Dec. 2024
  • This was a copy of Mikhail’s unpublished autobiography, Leila explained, the substratum to his monumental Histoire de Baalbek’s six editions.
    — Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025

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