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Recent Examples of unidentified The unidentified teen, who is being held in Alexander County and is awaiting transfer to Charlotte, is the third person charged after the shooting. Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2025 In 2017, unidentified remains were exhumed from a Buna Village Cemetery, and sent to a lab for review and analysis. Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 16 July 2025 An unidentified spokesperson for the police department later confirmed that a man had been stabbed in the area. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 July 2025 Craig tried to convince a fellow inmate to kill the detective, another unidentified law enforcement officer and two other inmates, prosecutors said during a February preliminary hearing introducing two additional criminal charges. Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 15 July 2025 See All Example Sentences 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
  • 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
  • Meta reportedly bought a stake worth around 3 billion euros ($3.51 billion) in EssilorLuxottica at the current market price and is considering further investments that could expand its share to 5%, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 9 July 2025
  • The residence subsequently sold for $8.5 million to jewelry designer Suzanne Sheik, the mother of Barely Breathing singer Duncan Sheik, before going to the current unnamed owner in 2010 for $14 million.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 9 July 2025
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  • According to an anonymous eyewitness, several first responders arrived on the scene of the attack, which marks the fourth shark encounter in Florida's Volusia County so far this year, according to the county website.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 19 July 2025
  • Anyone with information related to the investigation is asked to contact the West Hartford Police Department at 860-523-5203 or use the anonymous West Hartford Police Department Tip Line at 860-570-8969 or email at whpdtips@westhartfordct.gov.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025

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“Unidentified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidentified. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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