1
as in one
known but not named
I heard the news from a person who will remain anonymous
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2
as in unnamed
not named or identified by a name
a beautiful manuscript illuminated by an anonymous medieval monk
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Recent Examples of anonymous
What is the best way to stay private, secure and anonymous while browsing the web?
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2025
Celebrities, including Mae West, Norman Mailer, Jayne Mansfield, and Susan Sontag, most shot on assignment, crop up alongside anonymous men, women, and children at Coney Island, in Central Park, on Fifth Avenue, and at summer camp.
—Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 20 June 2025
The Athletic has spoken to training-ground sources, who asked to remain anonymous to protect their position, to find out which of these players could be set to make the step up.
—Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Caltrain discovered the apartment on April 1, 2022 after recieving an anonymous tip, Cannon added.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2025
Celebrities, including Mae West, Norman Mailer, Jayne Mansfield, and Susan Sontag, most shot on assignment, crop up alongside anonymous men, women, and children at Coney Island, in Central Park, on Fifth Avenue, and at summer camp.
—Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 20 June 2025
The Athletic has spoken to training-ground sources, who asked to remain anonymous to protect their position, to find out which of these players could be set to make the step up.
—Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Caltrain discovered the apartment on April 1, 2022 after recieving an anonymous tip, Cannon added.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anonymous
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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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Politics and presidents go unnamed, but the show is brilliantly wrapped in red, white, blue and a whole lot of symbolism.—
Megan Thomas,
CNN Money,
27 June 2025
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Bill Dwyer and a group of other unnamed hikers found Sands in a flat area of Mount Baldy known as Goode Canyon.—
Nicole Briese,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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Venus' killer fled the scene and was never found, but the subjects of I'm Your Venus uncover new details related to the murder that weren't publicized at the time of the performer's death — including a disturbing confession from an unidentified man previously jailed over a rape case.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
24 June 2025
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The video ends with the image of two unidentified armed men.—
Veronica Calderon,
CNN Money,
24 June 2025
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“Anonymous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anonymous. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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