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Recent Examples of unrecognized Ukraine could, for example, withdraw its troops from particular areas without making any formal territorial concessions, creating an unrecognized but indefinite line of separation, like the one that followed the Korean armistice, in 1953, or the division of Berlin, during the Cold War. Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025 In an unrecognized country amidst the chaos of war, a cow gives birth to a calf. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025 Additionally, among employees recognized monthly, 82% feel enthusiastic about their jobs compared to a significantly lower percentage among unrecognized workers. Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025 This is also true if a developer’s laptop connects from an unrecognized location, where access to production systems can be automatically restricted. Travis Runty, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unrecognized
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  • Could its detection on Venus mean there is life in its clouds, or is some inorganic chemistry, unknown on Earth, producing it?
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Heavily inebriated and with several different drugs racing through his system, 19-year-old Jacob storms into the confrontation and clocks an unknown man hard, sending him to the ground.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • This obscure rule bars federal funding for mental institutions with more than 16 beds, which critics say is a major barrier to expanding capacity.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But what these murky recommendations largely obscure is the data, which overwhelmingly supports the use of COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy, as evidenced by a massive analysis set to be presented this weekend at an American Academy of Pediatrics conference.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Unrecognized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrecognized. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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