How to Use unsolved in a Sentence
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For 15 years, the case went unsolved.
—Corin Cesaric, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
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And for 35 years, the tragedy has gone unsolved.
—Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
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His death was ruled a homicide but the killing went unsolved for years.
—Lina Ruiz, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Oct. 2020
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Police could have asked users to check for video in that unsolved case.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2019
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Forty years now pass, and these bizarre deaths remain unsolved.
—Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2020
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The case remains unsolved to this day.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2025
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The cold cases went unsolved for years.
—Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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The case remains unsolved, to this day.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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The 24-year-old’s death went unsolved for more than three decades.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
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Both murders went unsolved for decades.
—Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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Six years later, the case remains unsolved and no one has been charged.
—Refinery29 Australia Team, refinery29.com, 23 Nov. 2023
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That mystery would remain unsolved now that he was gone.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
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Still, the case remains unsolved.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 May 2026
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And what does this pop-culture fame do to those who get sucked into the unsolved case?
—oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2020
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The case went unsolved for nearly 15 years.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
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Over those decades, the case remained unsolved — and without many leads.
—oregonlive, 8 Jan. 2022
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For more than two decades, his slaying remained unsolved.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
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How to cater to this very large group of people isn’t some kind of long-unsolved mystery.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2022
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Here’s what happens next for unsolved ‘cold case’ killings from the civil rights era.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2022
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For nearly four years, the case remained unsolved.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
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Here are 5 of the biggest unsolved puzzles of all.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 29 Sep. 2025
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His murder remains unsolved to this day.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
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His mother has long asked for the unsolved case to be re-examined.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2023
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Domonic's death remains unsolved to this day.
—Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2026
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Her unsolved homicide has been like a hovering storm cloud over the city for years.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2024
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But that telescope would soon be the subject of an unsolved mystery.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2020
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The case might have gone unsolved, save for a single piece of evidence.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
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No other arrests have been made and the case remains unsolved.
—Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Five years later, the killing remains unsolved.
—Fred Clasen-Kelly, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
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Pierce’s killing remains unsolved.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
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