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known but not named some unspecified person is expected to replace him temporarily as director of operations until a permanent director can be found

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Recent Examples of unspecified The artists are seeking a juried trial and an unspecified amount in damages. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025 Open jobs include senior tunnel engineers who will plan geotechnical investigations along the unspecified tunnel path, welders who will physically build the tunnel and ventilation engineers who will design systems for fresh air supply and exhaust removal. Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 1 Aug. 2025 Paramount chalked up the streaming subscriber declines to the expiration of a hard-bundle deal in an unspecified international market. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2025 Scheduling Conflicts For Cody Rhodes While Rhodes was requested to read for an unspecified role, his demanding schedule as a top WWE superstar made taking on the project impossible. Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for unspecified
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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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Rothstein has been showing the building to prospective tenants ever since John Harten, who operated Mecklenburg Gardens for 28 years, sold it to an unnamed buyer in 2023.
    Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Shot over three years on a vintage Bolex camera, the film is a rich portrait of an elderly, unnamed woman who, born in a cave more than 60 years ago, now lives in a village caring for her children and grandchildren.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
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  • Fiber availability is limited to certain neighborhoods.
    Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The panel also specified certain conditions that would fall under an exception for medical emergencies, which Tennessee's law does not include.
    Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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  • An unidentified man and a dog were found dead in the debris, police said.
    Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Police in Connecticut said Monday that the unidentified workers was recovering after being treated overnight by medical professionals.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2025

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“Unspecified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspecified. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.

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