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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
Archaeologists also found a vessel likely used for landfill retention, plus another one that remains unidentified.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Andriy Parubiy, who chaired the Rada -- Ukraine's unicameral parliament -- from April 2016 to August 2019, was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in the western city of Lviv on Saturday.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2025
The Prosecutor General's office confirmed that an unidentified gunman fired multiple shots at Parubiy, killing the 54-year-old on the spot before fleeing the scene.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
The cases, Detective Luke Shaw said, include unidentified Jane Doe, whose body was found in 2000, and John Doe from 1994.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Andriy Parubiy, who chaired the Rada -- Ukraine's unicameral parliament -- from April 2016 to August 2019, was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in the western city of Lviv on Saturday.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2025
The Prosecutor General's office confirmed that an unidentified gunman fired multiple shots at Parubiy, killing the 54-year-old on the spot before fleeing the scene.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
The cases, Detective Luke Shaw said, include unidentified Jane Doe, whose body was found in 2000, and John Doe from 1994.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 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
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The move reverses a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado, an unnamed person familiar with the announcement told The Associated Press.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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There’s a fundamental rub that’s talked about in every boardroom, according to a person with knowledge of these conversations, who asked to remain unnamed to speak about private discussions.—
Leslie Picker,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
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Judge Cannon has opted to keep the jury anonymous and partially sequester them during the trial, with federal marshals picking up and dropping off the jurors from a confidential location daily.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
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But with the rise of social media and anonymous forums, that may be trickier on the modern internet.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Unidentified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidentified. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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