unrelated

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Recent Examples of unrelated Some have tried to shift the conversation to unrelated national political grievances or to accuse anyone raising these issues of bad motives. Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026 The airport has redirected employees from unrelated departments to handle crowds. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026 Rose went on to review several cognitive biases common in the cybersecurity field, such as assuming correlation between unrelated events or anchoring too strongly on a single data point. Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2026 Duncan, for his part, questioned the logistics of the amendment, suggesting that the plan — which dealt with Kansas City’s $1 million Housing Gateway Program — was unrelated to The Star’s report about money allocated to Washington’s organization. Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unrelated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrelated
Adjective
  • Paparesta told reporters that the two injuries were unconnected.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Love Actually Love Actually follows a group of seemingly unconnected people in London in the six weeks leading up to Christmas.
    Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • In many ways, Weir tells Big Think in an email interview, the challenge of writing hard sci-fi isn’t too dissimilar from teaching a high school science class.
    Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Two dissimilar government agencies have inadvertently combined to clarify the immigration debate.
    George F. Will, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Those claims already stretched the limits of seriousness and legality, targeting splinter groups – at best – and other bad actors completely unassociated with Al Qaeda at worst.
    Alexander Langlois, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And while there is a minor character, unassociated with any actual F1 race team, who emerges as a foil to Hayes, Bruckheimer made clear that the story centers on the tension between two drivers, the aging Hayes and the up-and-comer Pearce, on the same fictional team.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Each ticket costs $5, and players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Ball) - or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
  • He's accused of placing cameras in the restrooms of three other parks, with at least 12 different victims.
    James Taylor, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Never — and this includes the Dodgers’ time in bankruptcy court — have the fates of the two Los Angeles franchises been so disparate.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Under fair lending laws, companies are not allowed to enact policies that would have disparate impacts on certain groups of customers, such as people of a particular race or gender.
    Conrad Wilson, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Extreme cold is especially dangerous for donkeys because unlike horses, donkeys don’t have the natural oils in their coats that repel moisture, Vargas said.
    Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • What’s more, plastic—unlike glass and aluminum—loses its functionality when it’s recycled.
    Judith Enck, Time, 1 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Sure, a lot of other stuff has to go right for the Royals to return to contention, including keeping their pitching staff healthy and progress by Caglianone and fellow promising rookie Carter Jensen.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Crews set fire to trees, grease and various other objects to try out the capabilities.
    Joy Benedict, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Allegheny County said South Park intentionally keeps its herd small, and sometimes individual bison are traded with zoos and wildlife preserves to keep the herd genetics healthy and diverse.
    Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • News of Coogler’s take on the beloved sci-fi procedural first emerged in 2023, when Carter revealed that Coogler had contacted him about rebooting the series with a diverse cast.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026

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“Unrelated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrelated. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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