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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 unidentified teen, who is being held in Alexander County and is awaiting transfer to Charlotte, is the third person charged after the shooting.
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Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2025
In 2017, unidentified remains were exhumed from a Buna Village Cemetery, and sent to a lab for review and analysis.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 16 July 2025
An unidentified spokesperson for the police department later confirmed that a man had been stabbed in the area.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
Craig tried to convince a fellow inmate to kill the detective, another unidentified law enforcement officer and two other inmates, prosecutors said during a February preliminary hearing introducing two additional criminal charges.
—Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2025
In 2017, unidentified remains were exhumed from a Buna Village Cemetery, and sent to a lab for review and analysis.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 16 July 2025
An unidentified spokesperson for the police department later confirmed that a man had been stabbed in the area.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
Craig tried to convince a fellow inmate to kill the detective, another unidentified law enforcement officer and two other inmates, prosecutors said during a February preliminary hearing introducing two additional criminal charges.
—Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unidentified
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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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According to a Milwaukee Police Department detective's interview with Williams quoted in criminal complaints filed against Johnson and Williams, the two men and an unnamed 14-year-old companion planned to rob Jamal's mother at gunpoint at her home.—
Ariela Lopez,
jsonline.com,
21 July 2025
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One unnamed feature on the intro sticks out though, complementing Tyler’s characteristic moxie with seasoned, head-of-state bravado.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
21 July 2025
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According to an anonymous eyewitness, several first responders arrived on the scene of the attack, which marks the fourth shark encounter in Florida's Volusia County so far this year, according to the county website.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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But that has been just blood in the water, both to the Democrats who are now calling for the full release of the Epstein files and to the anonymous Republican strategists who have begun to warn of a drop in turnout in the midterms.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
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“Unidentified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidentified. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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