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Recent Examples of unofficial
The seventh fairway is where Poway’s Mark Ward was standing the other day with Flora, the tournament’s unofficial mascot.
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
The high-stakes election drew 43,970 voters to the polls during the in-person early voting period for Senate District 9, according to an unofficial tally from Tarrant County Election Administration.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
Everyone's favorite gossip, Adjoa Andoh will return as Lady Danbury, the town's societal matron and unofficial matchmaker.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
On Wednesday morning, the NBA’s unofficial press secretary, ESPN’s Shams Charania, sent up the flare that the Golden State Warriors have been staring at the sky waiting to see for half a decade.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
The high-stakes election drew 43,970 voters to the polls during the in-person early voting period for Senate District 9, according to an unofficial tally from Tarrant County Election Administration.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
Everyone's favorite gossip, Adjoa Andoh will return as Lady Danbury, the town's societal matron and unofficial matchmaker.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
On Wednesday morning, the NBA’s unofficial press secretary, ESPN’s Shams Charania, sent up the flare that the Golden State Warriors have been staring at the sky waiting to see for half a decade.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, both Ukrainian and Russian military bloggers reported that unauthorized Starlink satellite communications terminals in use by Russian forces had been disrupted or disconnected, following a public appeal by Kyiv to Starlink producer SpaceX and its owner Elon Musk.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Earn 1% cash back on all other purchases With Zero Liability you won't be held responsible for unauthorized charges made with your card or account information.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
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Texas finished second in the rankings only behind Kentucky, which picked up all 16 first-place votes in the informal poll.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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The activity appeared to take place entirely on a public street, with agitators effectively setting up what resembled an informal checkpoint aimed at identifying or tracking federal immigration agents operating in the city.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Unofficial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unofficial. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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