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as in unnamed
not named or identified by a name
some unidentified person helped them and then left quietly
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Recent Examples of unidentified
Roughly half a dozen spring breakers could be seen kicking the unidentified man to the ground.
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Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Today much of the text is currently housed in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland and it is owned by an unidentified private collector.
—News Desk, Artforum, 17 Mar. 2026
Officials said the unidentified man had previous medical conditions, and his death was reported as unexplained.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
Six Iranian football players and a team official with two unidentified Australian officials (2nd and 3rd from right) in Sydney.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
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Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Today much of the text is currently housed in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland and it is owned by an unidentified private collector.
—News Desk, Artforum, 17 Mar. 2026
Officials said the unidentified man had previous medical conditions, and his death was reported as unexplained.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
Six Iranian football players and a team official with two unidentified Australian officials (2nd and 3rd from right) in Sydney.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unidentified
Adjective
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Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
3 Aug. 2019
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Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.—
Johannes Himmelreich,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 Mar. 2018
Adjective
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Others are more pointed; her recounting of an attempt to make a new friend and the disastrous dinner party that ensued, a nightmarish experience on the set of an (unnamed) indie movie set, a nightmarish experience becoming a member of an (unnamed) celebrity and influencer gym in Los Angeles.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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Either paying for wellness retreat after wellness retreat, or perhaps, staying with unnamed friends.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
27 Mar. 2026
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Both the former Hinge employee who worked on notifications and another former employee who worked in C-suite support (and who also asked to remain anonymous) independently told me about the existence of an email address for high-priority unbanning.—
Annie Joy Williams,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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Anyone with information has been asked to call detectives at 203-946-6304 or the police department’s anonymous tip-line at 866- 888-TIPS (8477).—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Unidentified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidentified. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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