as in anonymous
not named or identified by a name
an incognito source in the CIA was the source of the information
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Adjective
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Judge Cannon has opted to keep the jury anonymous and partially sequester them during the trial, with federal marshals picking up and dropping off the jurors from a confidential location daily.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025 -
But with the rise of social media and anonymous forums, that may be trickier on the modern internet.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The move reverses a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado, an unnamed person familiar with the announcement told The Associated Press.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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There’s a fundamental rub that’s talked about in every boardroom, according to a person with knowledge of these conversations, who asked to remain unnamed to speak about private discussions.—
Leslie Picker,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The reason was that these unidentified objects descended from high altitudes of over 10,000 feet to as low as 500 feet in seconds.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Payne, Williams and the unidentified 31-year-old man from Pontiac.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Incognito.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incognito. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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