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as in untreated
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Recent Examples of unworked
While the one-page affidavit doesn’t disclose the amount Jones allegedly billed, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Bob Kealing told the Orlando Sentinel the deputy is accused of billing the agency about $1,800 in unworked overtime.
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Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
The memo does not tabulate the amount of unworked overtime hours Caloia is accused of logging on her timesheet.
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Tony Plohetski,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026
Fragments of whale bones appeared at these inland sites in small and unworked pieces.
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Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
28 May 2025
During the summer solstice, the sun rises above the Heel Stone, a large, unworked sarsen standing about 250 feet from the center of the monument’s stone circle.
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Hannah Edgar,
ARTnews.com,
26 Feb. 2025
These fortresses tended to take advantage of features like gorges and hilltops for natural defenses, supplementing those with walls of unworked boulders stacked without mortar.
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Ars Technica,
9 Jan. 2025
Advertisement The overtime probe that led to Peniche’s phone being searched first became public in 2019, when CHP Southern Division Chief Mark Garrett held a press conference alleging dozens of officers had bilked the agency for unworked hours.
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Caroline Petrow-Cohen,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2024
Police have launched an international hunt for the thieves and their loot, consisting of 483 Celtic coins and a lump of unworked gold that were discovered during an archeological dig near the present-day town of Manching in 1999.
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Frank Jordans,
USA TODAY,
26 Nov. 2022
That money went to 77 different employees who together claimed more than 7,200 hours of unworked overtime pay.
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Bob Christie,
The Arizona Republic,
5 June 2021
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
The memo does not tabulate the amount of unworked overtime hours Caloia is accused of logging on her timesheet.
—
Tony Plohetski,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026
Fragments of whale bones appeared at these inland sites in small and unworked pieces.
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Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
28 May 2025
During the summer solstice, the sun rises above the Heel Stone, a large, unworked sarsen standing about 250 feet from the center of the monument’s stone circle.
—
Hannah Edgar,
ARTnews.com,
26 Feb. 2025
These fortresses tended to take advantage of features like gorges and hilltops for natural defenses, supplementing those with walls of unworked boulders stacked without mortar.
—
Ars Technica,
9 Jan. 2025
Advertisement The overtime probe that led to Peniche’s phone being searched first became public in 2019, when CHP Southern Division Chief Mark Garrett held a press conference alleging dozens of officers had bilked the agency for unworked hours.
—
Caroline Petrow-Cohen,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2024
Police have launched an international hunt for the thieves and their loot, consisting of 483 Celtic coins and a lump of unworked gold that were discovered during an archeological dig near the present-day town of Manching in 1999.
—
Frank Jordans,
USA TODAY,
26 Nov. 2022
That money went to 77 different employees who together claimed more than 7,200 hours of unworked overtime pay.
—
Bob Christie,
The Arizona Republic,
5 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworked
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Mercury stations retrograde in Cancer in your 12th House of Rest and Reflection, stirring old worries, unfinished conversations, and behind-the-scenes doubts.
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Now an unfinished tribute to the founding of our country.
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Always use untreated, food-grade rose petals when making rose water at home to avoid harmful chemicals or pesticides.
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The larvae or maggots then feed on the animal’s flesh and cause severe wounds and death, if untreated.
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Low-quality decor like plastic plants or cheap rugs can make a space feel cluttered and unpolished.
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Dog Day Afternoon is a definitive '70s film, with its gritty, unpolished vision of a restless New York and a dark sense of humor in its portrayal of a heist gone horribly wrong.
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More than 35 percent of ballots in Los Angeles County remain unprocessed.
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In California’s primary election, held June 2, thousands of ballots remain unprocessed according to the state’s ballot-tracking website.
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Andre Iguodala put it in more cosmic terms, after Thursday night’s inartistic but somewhat encouraging 128-112 win over the Lakers in the final regular-season home game.
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This is not a franchise that seems capable of really recapturing the magic of the circumstances that birthed it; some good things are best left untouched and alone.
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Think pixelated logos, websites untouched since the AOL era and brand architectures so tangled by years of acquisitions and restructuring that even the founders can’t map them cleanly.
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My restaurant specializes in this dish of raw fish ‘cooked’ in fresh citrus juice.
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Across her decades-long career, Atwood’s books have consistently been described as controversial or explicit for their raw and inventive depictions of power, gender, and politics.
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“Unworked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworked. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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