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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
In 2003, the cold case unit at the El Cajon Police Department sent the unidentified woman’s skull to a forensic artist for a forensic sculpture.
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Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Investigators believe those names were used to reference Ali and the unidentified juvenile.
—Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
Today’s indictment charges Bruce Epperson, Eddie Barreto, Grant McIver, John Nicolas and Roy Nicolas with participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and other drugs that caused the overdose deaths of De Niro-Rodriguez, a second unidentified victim and Akira Stein.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Villarroel and study co-author Stephen Bruehl, a professor of anesthesiology from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, say their data show a statistical correlation between these flashes of light and reported sightings of unidentified objects.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Investigators believe those names were used to reference Ali and the unidentified juvenile.
—Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
Today’s indictment charges Bruce Epperson, Eddie Barreto, Grant McIver, John Nicolas and Roy Nicolas with participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and other drugs that caused the overdose deaths of De Niro-Rodriguez, a second unidentified victim and Akira Stein.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Villarroel and study co-author Stephen Bruehl, a professor of anesthesiology from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, say their data show a statistical correlation between these flashes of light and reported sightings of unidentified objects.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 29 Oct. 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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Her one ally, the as yet unnamed head of housekeeping, played by Madeleine Stowe, advises Lilly to make things right with Ronnie.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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It was acquired by the unnamed seller earlier in 2023 following Dodd’s death.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Chris Robinson, whose group, the Black Crowes, didn’t get enough voter support for a 2025 induction and were near the very bottom of Vulture’s anonymous Rock Hall ballot.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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Israeli media, citing anonymous officials, have reported that Hamas was delaying the release of Goldin's body in hopes of negotiating safe passage for more than 100 militants surrounded by Israeli forces and trapped in the enclave's southernmost city of Rafah.—
NPR,
NPR,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Unidentified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidentified. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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