1
as in one
known but not named
used some unnamed procedure for testing the accuracy of the device
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2
as in unidentified
not named or identified by a name
the newspaper article quoted several unnamed sources
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Recent Examples of unnamed
The previously unnamed non-fiction unit, which has been making strides in the documentary, docu-series and original format spaces, will now carry the Revue banner which could also expand into other content areas in the future, including genre and YA.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 July 2025
Smith has made two straight Pro Bowls and was cited as the most physically impressive guard in the NFL, according to an unnamed general manager.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2025
Port staff are asking the commissioners to authorize a six-month exclusive negotiation period so that the development team can formalize a partnership with an unnamed professional tennis player who will be the face of Pangaea’s tennis complex.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
In exchange, Leiweke allegedly told the Legends CEO, unnamed by the DOJ, that OVG would give them some of the business through subcontracts.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 9 July 2025
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 July 2025
Smith has made two straight Pro Bowls and was cited as the most physically impressive guard in the NFL, according to an unnamed general manager.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2025
Port staff are asking the commissioners to authorize a six-month exclusive negotiation period so that the development team can formalize a partnership with an unnamed professional tennis player who will be the face of Pangaea’s tennis complex.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
In exchange, Leiweke allegedly told the Legends CEO, unnamed by the DOJ, that OVG would give them some of the business through subcontracts.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unnamed
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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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The unidentified teen — a surf instructor, according to local NBC affiliate WESH — was at New Smyrna Beach around 12 p.m. local time on Friday, July 18, when the encounter occurred, Tamra Malphurs, director of the Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue, told local outlet FOX 35.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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Police also found an unidentified man with a gunshot wound on his knee.—
William Tong,
Chicago Tribune,
19 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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“Unnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unnamed. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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