as in unwanted
not searched or asked for
the family received enough unsolicited donations to get back on their feet
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Recent Examples of unsolicited
The agency isn’t aware of anyone in Colorado receiving unsolicited seeds in the mail, yet, this year, but other states, including Texas and Alabama, have already started receiving such packages, said Wondirad Gebru, director of the department’s plant industry division.
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Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
Other red flags include unsolicited offers, pressuring homeowners to pay in cash or to write checks to individuals, along with a lack of a contractor's license or other credentials.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
And it was resisted even after Gloria promised that a developer’s unsolicited effort to build 900 homes there would never be approved.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Suddenly, for the first time, WBD was calling Paramount the frontrunner in a competition that Ellison started last summer by going to Zaslav with an unsolicited bid for the much bigger media company.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
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Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
Other red flags include unsolicited offers, pressuring homeowners to pay in cash or to write checks to individuals, along with a lack of a contractor's license or other credentials.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
And it was resisted even after Gloria promised that a developer’s unsolicited effort to build 900 homes there would never be approved.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Suddenly, for the first time, WBD was calling Paramount the frontrunner in a competition that Ellison started last summer by going to Zaslav with an unsolicited bid for the much bigger media company.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsolicited
Adjective
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Based on the novel by Bart Baker, Honeymoon with Harry follows a rough-around-the-edges man (Gyllenhaal) who ends up sharing an unwanted journey with his fiancée’s prickly, overprotective father (Costner) after a life-altering turn upends their plans.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
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This structural scaling suppressed unwanted charge trapping and leakage currents, ensuring the chip remains electronically stable even under intense, high-dose gamma exposure.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Each side said the edits only removed unnecessary portions and did not change the events shown.—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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The effort would assess state departments and gather feedback from public employees to identify inefficiencies and reduce unnecessary spending.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Unsolicited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsolicited. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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