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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
The unidentified motorist’s failure to put her car in park sent the SUV rolling into Pratt Pond next to the cemetery in Upton, police said.
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Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Police said the unidentified driver fled the scene on northbound Federal without rendering aid to the victim or contacting police.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
The lead involved a very small sample of DNA from a vaginal swab of one of the victims, which had remained unidentified until now.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
After a slew of social media posts praising the kind soul, the Mariners made a public plea to find the unidentified person.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unidentified
Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Police said the unidentified driver fled the scene on northbound Federal without rendering aid to the victim or contacting police.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
The lead involved a very small sample of DNA from a vaginal swab of one of the victims, which had remained unidentified until now.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
After a slew of social media posts praising the kind soul, the Mariners made a public plea to find the unidentified person.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
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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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Among them are some from the Great Lakes Maritime Collection at the Milwaukee Public Library, others taken by the city for the media, and some by unnamed photographers, Kieselburg said.—
Angelika Ytuarte,
jsonline.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Rendy Jones Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin is filled with indelible images, many of them surrounding the inky black pool of water into which Scarlett Johansson’s unnamed character lures her victims.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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Ninety minutes after the call ended, an anonymous X account began leaking details from the same secondhand report that had been included in the anonymous e-mail.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Can Wisconsin lottery winners remain anonymous?—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Unidentified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidentified. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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