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Recent Examples of unapproved
But the search continues, and despite all those pitfalls, hospitals and physicians are using unapproved tests that are available to screen patients, often at exorbitant costs.
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Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Health inspectors found unapproved rodent bait blocks and household spray available for use throughout the kitchen and near the mop sink.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Josh Court of BoaVida said the community has worked with a licensed electrician to inspect the system and found residents were causing problems by making unapproved changes.
—Catherine Reagor, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Warnings about unapproved drugs are standard fare for the FDA.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
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Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Health inspectors found unapproved rodent bait blocks and household spray available for use throughout the kitchen and near the mop sink.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Josh Court of BoaVida said the community has worked with a licensed electrician to inspect the system and found residents were causing problems by making unapproved changes.
—Catherine Reagor, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Warnings about unapproved drugs are standard fare for the FDA.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unapproved
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In addition, reported unauthorized border crossing attempts have plummeted.—
Phillip Reese,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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Munich airport was shut down this morning due to unauthorized drones in its airspace, and Putin joked about it in Sochi.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Within less than a year, the Sheriff’s Office had issued corrective action notices to NaphCare for failing to pay outside hospitals and medical specialists, using unlicensed staff and ignoring requests to replace broken medical equipment, among other deficiencies.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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The bar was also the site of a shootout involving unlicensed security that sent someone to the hospital.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Sep. 2025
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During his sojourn in Philadelphia, Ali constantly challenged Frazier to unsanctioned fights.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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If that data moves through unsanctioned channels or lands in public models, it’s exposed.—
Mark Doble,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Laboratory tests of smuggled samples taken from late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny show that he was poisoned when he was imprisoned in a Siberian penal colony, his widow Yulia Navalnaya has said.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Inevitably, a few students were surreptitiously checking smuggled screens that day.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Unapproved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unapproved. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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