1
as in one
known but not named
used some unnamed procedure for testing the accuracy of the device
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2
as in unidentified
not named or identified by a name
the newspaper article quoted several unnamed sources
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Recent Examples of unnamed
Other key witnesses, Capricorn Clark and Combs' unnamed former assistant?
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
In December, the intelligence community updated its assessment to note that two unnamed agencies believed foreign adversaries may have developed technology that could be responsible for the symptoms experienced in some cases.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Roberts, though unnamed in the audit report, features heavily in it over concerns about unreported conflicts of interest.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
According to the lawsuit, her suicidal thoughts escalated in June 2023 after another patient attempted to strangle herself and staff failed to intervene, even as the unnamed patient turned blue.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
In December, the intelligence community updated its assessment to note that two unnamed agencies believed foreign adversaries may have developed technology that could be responsible for the symptoms experienced in some cases.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Roberts, though unnamed in the audit report, features heavily in it over concerns about unreported conflicts of interest.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
According to the lawsuit, her suicidal thoughts escalated in June 2023 after another patient attempted to strangle herself and staff failed to intervene, even as the unnamed patient turned blue.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unnamed
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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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Norway, Denmark and Germany have also reported incidents involving unidentified drones in their airspace in last week, causing disruption to airports and air traffic.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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An unidentified person on the sideline picked the ball up and tossed it back to Biles, who celebrated with a Eurostep toward the stands and tossed the ball to his family.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 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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“Unnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unnamed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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