unapproved

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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. Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025 The North Korean government is increasingly executing civilians, including people found to be consuming unapproved foreign media, according to a report from the United Nations Human Rights Office. Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025 The inspector general on June 5 initiated the investigation, which alleges Gayanga used unapproved dirt from a Northland Mall redevelopment in Southfield. Dana Afana, Freep.com, 12 Sep. 2025 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. Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unapproved
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unapproved
Adjective
  • Instead, attackers gained unauthorized access to 5CA, one of Discord's third-party customer service providers.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • McBee pled guilty to one count of federal crop insurance fraud in November 2024, resulting in the reality star receiving $3,158,923 in unauthorized benefits.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • An unknown number of unlicensed rehabilitation clinics in Colombia and elsewhere in Latin America offer such therapy based on the idea that homosexuality, bisexuality and transgender identities are a mental illness that needs to be cured, rights groups said.
    Reuters, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Its living room rapidly reached the swelter and volume of a blacksmith’s forge operating as a front for an unlicensed tavern.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • During his sojourn in Philadelphia, Ali constantly challenged Frazier to unsanctioned fights.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • If that data moves through unsanctioned channels or lands in public models, it’s exposed.
    Mark Doble, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 24 Oct. 2025.

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