How to Use unapproved in a Sentence

unapproved

adjective
  • If that were true, the FDA argued, then the food would have to be considered an unapproved drug.
    Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Ld, Verywell Health, 8 Mar. 2024
  • But others want nothing to do with the unapproved drug.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 8 May 2020
  • The researchers were clued in to the presence of the unapproved drug by simply reading the products’ labels.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Your toolbox is checked so there are no unapproved items.
    Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 30 May 2023
  • Six people were killed by rocket fire in one of the unapproved villages, Al-Bat.
    Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The promo was unapproved and CMA removed it prior to the broadcast.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In each of those supplements, the researchers found at least one unapproved drugs.
    Alexander Spinelli, STAT, 23 Sep. 2020
  • To keep all of the strict laws straight, the government maintains an 83-page list of approved and unapproved options.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 26 Sep. 2017
  • And then that gets at the fact that LYMErix was never unapproved.
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2021
  • How did Council learn about the unapproved rent payment?
    Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Some of the unapproved devices are available online for as little as $40 for a one-time purchase.
    Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The state probe found Jackson made 16 unapproved visits while on parole to his girlfriend’s home, which is where the slaying occurred.
    Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The purpose of that, Galbraith explained, was to make sure inmates do not have drugs or unapproved items on their person — or in it — and to wait for contraband to pass.
    James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com, 19 Mar. 2021
  • People from both of those unapproved law firms attended closed sessions of the board in February and June 2021.
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 2 June 2022
  • Scott Heckert was also moved to the back for unapproved adjustments.
    Michael Wagaman, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 2021
  • However, the practice of using unapproved sticky stuff has become more common in recent years and, according to the league, has changed the way the game is played.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 24 June 2021
  • The warning letters are the first to be issued by the FDA for unapproved drugs intended to prevent or treat the novel coronavirus.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Like VeeKay, because both drivers have now moved on to their fifth engine of the year, those swaps were deemed unapproved engine changes according to the series rule book.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The plea deal also requires Canada Drugs to cease sale of the unapproved and counterfeit drugs and surrender domain names for the websites used to sell them.
    Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2018
  • But in Illinois, unapproved schools like Shrub Oak don’t get the same scrutiny as schools the state approves both inside and outside its borders.
    Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 17 May 2024
  • In addition to Logano serving a pass-through penalty, Chase Elliott has been dropped to the rear for unapproved adjustments.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2024
  • But in 2019, reports surfaced that there was a design flaw that allowed children to enter group chats with unapproved strangers.
    Washington Post, 10 May 2021
  • However, the presence of these two drugs in the Artri King product from the recall turns the joint supplement into an unapproved drug.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 21 June 2022
  • Regenexx lost its case and was countersued by the FDA, which charged that Regenexx was marketing an unapproved drug.
    STAT, 20 June 2019
  • The app was initially approved but was rather quickly, well, unapproved.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 6 June 2018
  • Swift is wearing a New Heights hat so any photographs, approved or unapproved, will support her new boyfriend.
    Zoë Haylock, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The violations ranged from an egg custard pie purchased from an unapproved vendor to a food slicer and a can opener with food debris on them.
    Michael Braga, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2023
  • But some have far more, or far less, of the ingredients than the labels promise, and some contain undisclosed drugs or unapproved substances.
    Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 25 June 2021
  • Those reported to have received the unapproved vaccines have had no serious side effects, the CDC says.
    Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024
  • State guidelines forbid free samples, outdoor ribbon cuttings, food, music and unapproved signs and decor, the Dayton Daily News reports.
    Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024

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