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Recent Examples of undocumented
Trump‘s executive order curbs birthright citizenship of children of undocumented immigrants and of children of those who are in the country on a temporary basis, such as through a student, work or tourist visa.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
This has things more than a little backward—as Justice Elena Kagan noted that undocumented migrants frequently intend to remain for as long as possible.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
The decision made clear that states could not withhold funding for undocumented students or deny them enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
And because of their status, undocumented students are also more likely to come from impoverished backgrounds, says Caitlin Patler, a professor of public policy at UC Berkeley.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
This has things more than a little backward—as Justice Elena Kagan noted that undocumented migrants frequently intend to remain for as long as possible.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
The decision made clear that states could not withhold funding for undocumented students or deny them enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
And because of their status, undocumented students are also more likely to come from impoverished backgrounds, says Caitlin Patler, a professor of public policy at UC Berkeley.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undocumented
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Instead of posing questions about geography or world affairs, the test asked him to tackle hypothetical situations, from the frustrating to the dangerous.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Focus on the craft in front of you without thinking of its hypothetical audience.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
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These aren’t speculative ideas.—
Brian Barlow,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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While this move is largely speculative at present, the strategic importance of the Middle East to the dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency should not be underestimated, according to Deutsche.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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There are other apocryphal gospels named after important people in Jesus’ life and ministry, such as the Gospel of Mary.—
Christy Cobb,
The Conversation,
26 Feb. 2026
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The backstory Like all good—and possibly apocryphal—architecture stories, the original sketches of Atlantis The Royal started on a napkin at a cocktail party.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
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That balance is not theoretical.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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If the pair pull it off, the implications could be massive, revealing AI’s potential to convincingly resurrect and reinvent our cinematic history — a potential that before the tech had remained firmly theoretical.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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Bartle replied that the two Kansas Cities were really one big city, separated only by an imaginary state line.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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In the Williams-Paisley household, even an imaginary man can cause a marital kerfuffle.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Moore said that no matter how famous a host or a guest is, or how elaborate and slick a production is, an unauthentic product will not resonate with audiences.—
Yahya Salem,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Inaccurate debunks Amid the recycled imagery, authentic pictures of National Guard members sleeping on the floor of a federal building in Los Angeles this week were falsely described as old or unauthentic.—
Emma Li,
CBS News,
11 June 2025
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The album’s more frenetic tracks lean further toward the uncanny, developing chimeric grooves that brim with unresolved tension.—
Maxie Younger,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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Our ability to ignore, repress, and deny is matched only by our ability to believe the unbelievable and to give chimeric notions the power to found religions, nations, and institutions.—
Robert Pogue Harrison,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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Sierra Canyon finished the season 30-1 and is in the conversation for a mythical national championship.—
Tarek Fattal,
Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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But Arirang can be frustrating as a collection of sometimes aspirationally simplistic literary concepts from a group with a catalogue of songs brandishing mythic notions and philosophical concepts (sometimes hilariously).—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Undocumented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undocumented. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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