unrelated

Definition of unrelatednext

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Recent Examples of unrelated Clark’s legal team has also highlighted the role of the lead detective in the case, who was later convicted in an unrelated matter involving perjury and evidence tampering, further raising questions about the original investigation. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026 Trump last month announced the reflecting pool renovation during an unrelated Oval Office appearance. ABC News, 7 May 2026 At the same time, UC is is strongly advocating for another, unrelated measure that would put a $23-billion bond on the fall ballot to launch a California Foundation for Science and Health Research. Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 The same night the videos of the shooting appeared online, Peters was arrested in Fort Lauderdale on an unrelated misdemeanor battery charge, stemming from an altercation that Peters allegedly instigated between two women in Osceola County. Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for unrelated
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Adjective
  • Replacing diesel generators with solar energy could help close Africa’s connectivity gap, where about 65% of people who could benefit from mobile internet remain unconnected, according to the GSMA.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • The scene that brings Mathias and Claude together again is built from a devastatingly clever series of utterly unconnected circumstances—none sufficient, all necessary, and timed with the mechanical precision of screwball comedy.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • These policies allegedly led to other instances of misconduct by sheriff’s deputies, but Curiel wrote that the examples alleged by the plaintiffs were too dissimilar to the circumstances in Espinoza’s case.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • When turning sharply, there’s a grind not too dissimilar from the sound of creaking old bones.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 4 May 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
  • Galvin later confronted the man who had messaged Kianna, who told her several different stories, according to Childs’ report.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • Some states are taking a different approach to student misbehavior, saying that the answer is to bring in more consequences and give teachers more power to punish disruptive students.
    Stacker, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
Adjective
  • The disparate outcomes can help explain the generally gloomy attitude most Americans have toward the economy even as headline figures, such as the unemployment rate and economic growth, remain mostly solid.
    Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • The disparate outcomes can help explain the generally gloomy attitude most Americans have toward the economy even as headline figures, such as the unemployment rate and economic growth, remain mostly solid.
    Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Adjective
  • At Wild Adventures Theme Park in Valdosta, Georgia, a zebra named Kurtsie and a giraffe named Bakari have formed an unlike friendship — one that began with curiosity, grew through hardship and blossomed into an inseparable bond.
    Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Or the move could have been to help the calf stay afloat—unlike adults, young sperm whales tend to sink and need to swim harder to reach the surface to breathe.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • That decision puts at risk both of the majority-Black districts in Louisiana of being eliminated in the redrawing, as well as majority-minority districts in other states.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 May 2026
  • The chain eventually expanded to other nameplates — Banana Republic and Old Navy — and now generates more than $15 billion in sales globally.
    Anne D'Innocenzio, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026
Adjective
  • The German owner of Stoll reported its booth received positive feedback for sport shoe solutions, composite innovations and performance warp knits, with a portfolio showcasing the diverse applications of warp knitting technology in Technical Textiles.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
  • The art industry comprises an incredibly diverse tapestry of experts in all sorts of professions.
    The Editors of ARTnews, Robb Report, 7 May 2026

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“Unrelated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrelated. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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