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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
And, because of inconsistencies with immigration records involving people who share his name, the sheriff’s office could not notify his relatives and thus classified him as unidentified, Linhardt said.
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
Piedmont Police Department The unidentified driver and a woman were arrested at the scene, and officers recovered a rifle, police said.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
But elsewhere in the metro, an unidentified man was arrested by ICE agents last week in Grandview.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2026
The video, which was played for Lefkow on Tuesday, showed an unidentified man standing out at 26th Street and Spauling Avenue asking where all the gangbangers were.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
Piedmont Police Department The unidentified driver and a woman were arrested at the scene, and officers recovered a rifle, police said.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
But elsewhere in the metro, an unidentified man was arrested by ICE agents last week in Grandview.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2026
The video, which was played for Lefkow on Tuesday, showed an unidentified man standing out at 26th Street and Spauling Avenue asking where all the gangbangers were.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unidentified
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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
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The lawsuit was brought by the student’s parent, who is unnamed.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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West was court-ordered to pay over $76,000 of the unnamed employee's legal fees last fall; the case remains on hold.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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According to that report, an anonymous Department of Homeland Security official reported witnessing pregnant women sleeping on floors in overcrowded intake cells.—
Lautaro Grinspan,
AJC.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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But which judges gave which scores would now be anonymous, which some said would lend itself to further corruption.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Unidentified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidentified. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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