unconfirmed

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Recent Examples of unconfirmed The suicide’s proximity to the famous Disney World monorail sparked unconfirmed reports online about the cause of death. Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025 While unconfirmed, sources said Goldhaber will write and direct the project himself. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025 Most leakers are already referring to the base variant by its new unconfirmed name. PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025 On September 22, according to Monique, there was an unconfirmed, possible sighting of Deano’s truck in Albuquerque. Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unconfirmed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconfirmed
Adjective
  • Their rookie quarterback, Cam Ward, remains unproven, and the Colts’ defense has shown an ability to force turnovers and limit big plays.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Newly acquired Anfernee Simons is a bucket getter with potential on defense, but the depth is young and unproven, while the center position has been completely altered.
    Stan Son, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Moreover, doubts over untested Chinese weaponry have evaporated following their successful deployment in Pakistan's confrontation with India in early May, when Chinese J-10C and JF-17 fighter jets shot down up to six Indian jets.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • To send astronauts to and from the moon, Starship will have to refuel in Earth orbit and land upright on the lunar surface—capabilities that are new and untested.
    Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Websites with unusually long browser names or a lack of searchable company representatives or contact information could be fraudulent.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Trump wasted no time in taking to Truth Social to lambast the video as fake and fraudulent.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • He was found dead lying face up on his hotel bed with no signs of trauma, according to a Monday report from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.
    Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
Adjective
  • At Comedy Central, Colbert rose to prominence playing a slightly exaggerated version of Bill O’Reilly and other unapologetically mendacious Fox News pundits from the George W. Bush years.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2025
  • The true story reveals both how freedom of speech first came to be conceived of as a mechanism for truth, an antidote to falsehood, and the foundation of all liberty—and that, ironically, this new and powerful theory was itself a deliberately mendacious fiction.
    Fara Dabhoiwala, Harpers Magazine, 4 June 2025

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“Unconfirmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconfirmed. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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