How to Use unclaimed in a Sentence
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The more trophies that go unclaimed, the more doubt creeps in.
—Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Key, a 2018 third-round pick of the Raiders, went unclaimed on waivers last week.
—Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2021
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If the prize goes unclaimed, the money goes to the Michigan School Aid Fund.
—Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
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On the bus, the VA crew had found veterans for the unclaimed shots.
—Author: Lisa Rein, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2021
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Last year, the amount of unclaimed prizes added up to $34 million.
—Omar Abdel-Baqui, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2018
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The prize expired in 2018 and the jackpot went unclaimed.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 Aug. 2019
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Hundreds more stray and unclaimed dogs are found on the streets each year.
—Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2022
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That is one of the unclaimed dragons that lives in the Dragonmont: Vermithor, the bronze fury.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 24 Oct. 2022
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Tap or click for the secret places to check for unclaimed funds.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2021
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For months, his body had lain in the Hinds County morgue, unclaimed.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
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For a list of unclaimed prizes set to soon expire, check out www.louisianalottery.com/unclaimed-prizes.
—Bob Warren, NOLA.com, 30 Jan. 2018
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Down the hall, in two rooms lined with bassinets, eight babies lay unclaimed.
—Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
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The ticket will go unclaimed if the winner does not come forward by the end of the day May 14.
—Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2021
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Last month, a man grabbed unclaimed clothes off a for-sale rack near the front door and took off down the sidewalk.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
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If that doesn’t happen, he’d be placed on waivers and, if unclaimed, offered back to the Sox.
—Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
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It’s one of the last great unclaimed spaces in New York and also one of the first: the top of the Woolworth Building.
—Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
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When Giles-Harris went unclaimed on waivers, the Jaguars re-signed him for the practice squad.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2019
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The money which sits in a trust and has since grown to more than $1 billion, remains unclaimed.
—Rachel Hatzipanagos, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
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There are plenty more big prizes still unclaimed, some in the millions.
—Anna M. Tinsley, star-telegram, 22 Dec. 2017
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Two of the three top prizes worth $2 million remain unclaimed for the Jackson game.
—Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2024
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The prize remained unclaimed as of Friday, June 20, the lottery said.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
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That leaves four unclaimed Olympic berths, and 24 teams to compete for them in playoffs next year.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2019
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One prize has been claimed, but the other remains unclaimed, the Lottery said.
—USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
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The Phillies could use the unclaimed eighth spot to churn through middle relievers.
—Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Some unclaimed bodies remain at the morgue for weeks, or months.
—Mujib Mashal and Jawad Sukhanyar, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2018
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Check the unclaimed property database for your state and get it back.
—Jessica Roy Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2022
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But each player must first go unclaimed on the waiver wire.
—Omar Kelly, Sun-Sentinel.com, 2 Sep. 2017
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Schroder had locked horns with Gov. John Bel Edwards over how much unclaimed funds could be transferred to the state.
—Clancy Dubos, NOLA.com, 9 Nov. 2020
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In the months after the fire, six bodies remained unclaimed and unidentified, most of them terribly burned.
—Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
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What should the unclaimed winning lottery ticket holders do?
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 17 June 2025
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