unconfirmed

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Recent Examples of unconfirmed The alert follows multiple unconfirmed social media reports appearing to capture Iranian Shahed drones slamming into the facades of large buildings near Bahrain’s capital, Manama. Dan Mangan,leslie Josephs,spencer Kimball,cj Haddad,justin Papp,jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2026 The rest of the Season 2 ensemble remains unconfirmed beyond the two leads. Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2026 Tensions peaked in 2020, as a brawl in the high-altitude region of Ladakh killed at least 20 Indian soldiers, as well as an unconfirmed number of Chinese troops, and led to a two-year military standoff. Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026 This claim is unconfirmed as key details of the program still need to be released. Froylan Jimenez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unconfirmed
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Adjective
  • Earlier this year the FBI executed a search warrant in Fulton County, Georgia, to gain access to ballots and other records that was premised in part on claims made by White House attorney Kurt Olsen, who has frequently made unproven claims about widespread election fraud in the 2020 election.
    Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Evans joins a receiving group that features 2024 first-round pick Ricky Pearsall, veteran Demarcus Robinson and unproven young players Jacob Cowing and Jordan Watkins.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • One potential—though untested—workaround would be for conferences, which are private entities, to serve as a joint employer that bargains with a players’ union.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • With such new and untested systems prone to making mistakes, this is sorely needed.
    Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Transfers made after a dispute becomes foreseeable can be challenged as fraudulent conveyances.
    Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Criminals look for confusion around tax rules, new programs or trending online advice and use that uncertainty to push fraudulent claims or steal personal information.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026
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
  • The 2026 State of the Union speech stands in contrast, a speech by a mendacious demagogue who has degraded his listeners by debauching their instincts.
    Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Supporters of recent state AI regulations said the measures will address potential threats to public safety and personal privacy, and to counter any mendacious actions created by AI, while not hindering innovation.
    Hope Moses, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026

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“Unconfirmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconfirmed. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.

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