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Recent Examples of unapproved
Employee drinks were found in unapproved containers.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
april 10, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
The sabotage entails entering proprietary information into public AI tools, or using unapproved AI tools.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
The evidence in favor of many other unapproved peptides is even sparser.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
For the past month, wellness and longevity enthusiasts have eagerly waited for the federal government to loosen restrictions on some of the trendy and unapproved therapies.
—Will Stone, NPR, 31 Mar. 2026
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
april 10, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
The sabotage entails entering proprietary information into public AI tools, or using unapproved AI tools.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
The evidence in favor of many other unapproved peptides is even sparser.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
For the past month, wellness and longevity enthusiasts have eagerly waited for the federal government to loosen restrictions on some of the trendy and unapproved therapies.
—Will Stone, NPR, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unapproved
Adjective
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The 1973 War Powers Resolution — which Congress passed in response to the Vietnam War as a check on the president's power to enter armed conflict without consent from the legislative branch — capped any unauthorized engagement at 60 days.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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In February, the Mountain View ended its contract with Flock after an audit discovered unauthorized access by federal agencies in 2024.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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However, despite the deluge of social media posts from hair transplant recipients, including Huffman, the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery warns that many Turkish hair clinics are unlicensed and lack proper medical oversight.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that 29-year-old Autumn Bardisa, of Palm Coast, entered the guilty plea on Tuesday to unlicensed practice of healthcare and fraudulent use of identification.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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The contradiction runs so deep that 62% of those same executives privately concede that the risk of unsanctioned shadow AI is overstated compared to the risk of not leveraging AI at all.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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The events are typically unsanctioned and to the surprise of local law enforcement.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Lang calls Atterton, who’s in his prison cell with a smuggled phone, to tell him the job is done and that both Bailey-Brown and Sam have been terminated.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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Writs of assistance were open‑ended search warrants granted to British customs officers to search for smuggled goods; they were not limited by time, person, or location, and no probable cause was required.—
Amanda Cats-Baril,
Twin Cities,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Unapproved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unapproved. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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