How to Use unsanctioned in a Sentence

unsanctioned

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• The buzz: Has three unsanctioned 300s and has been to the state tournament three straight years.
  — Perry A. Farrell, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2018
• He was sentenced to a month in jail for an unsanctioned protest.
  — James Marson, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2018
• The unsanctioned move was a death sentence for the airport.
  — Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
• There was no sign outside, since the store seems to have been legally unsanctioned.
  — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
• But there are unsanctioned beaches too — go nude at your own risk.
  — Amber Randall, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Apr. 2021
• There are more banks that are still unsanctioned, however, as well as the oil and gas sector.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 25 Feb. 2022
• On the third day of his unsanctioned mural project, Oxley said, the Royal Oak Police showed up.
  — Bryce Airgood, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2018
• The lack of examples doesn’t mean that unsanctioned parties are safe.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 5 Nov. 2020
• Alex takes the Ducks on an unsanctioned field trip, hoping some legendary hockey magic will turn the team around.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 18 Oct. 2022
• But over the past two months, its problem has not been unsanctioned laptop users — it’s been hordes of influencers armed with tripods.
  — Curbed, 6 Oct. 2023
• Neither his contract nor the CBA provides him with a right to use unsanctioned equipment.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 11 Aug. 2019
• In an unsanctioned match between former best friends, Gargano and Ciampa came through with the performance of a lifetime in the best match of the entire weekend.
  — Gene Guillot, NOLA.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• And the sewage and trash from unsanctioned RV encampments pollute the watersheds of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022
• Those unsanctioned bush tracks are as much a part of Cajun culture as Sunday Mass and crawfish boils.
  — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2021
• Metro said the contest was unsanctioned and limited to about 50 officers who worked the day shift in Fort Totten.
  — Justin George, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2020
• Only one victim who died in the fire was a resident of the warehouse, while the others were attending the unsanctioned event.
  — Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com, 10 June 2019
• Navalny has been in and out of jail since 2011, often on charges of organizing unsanctioned protests, but has never served more than a month at a time.
  — Jake Rudnitsky, Bloomberg.com, 25 Aug. 2020
• Phillips lost to Biden, who ran a write-in campaign, in the unsanctioned New Hampshire primary in January.
  — Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 1 Feb. 2024
• The city had an unsanctioned 200-person homeless camp near downtown.
  — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
• Such unsanctioned protests are extremely rare, and Cuban police were out in force on Monday to control them.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2021
• In a climate of wartime censorship, the mere expression of an unsanctioned thought begins to feel like a protest action.
  — The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2022
• This week: the unsanctioned program that showed women could handle space travel, too.
  — National Geographic, 23 July 2019
• The effect is a bit cacophonous, but the piece depicts myriad ways (sanctioned and unsanctioned) in which men might touch each other.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2019
• The ministry said Tuesday that more than 2,000 people were detained across the country for taking part in unsanctioned protests on Monday evening and overnight.
  — Yuras Karmanau, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2020
• Many citizens had camped out at unsanctioned polling places overnight, daring police to evict them.
  — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 1 Oct. 2017
• The ministry said Tuesday more than 2,000 people were detained across the country for taking part in unsanctioned protests on Monday evening and overnight.
  — Yuras Karmanau, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
• Wildwood police announced just after 9:30 p.m. that the George Redding Bridge would be closed to inbound traffic due to the unsanctioned event.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2022
• Still, that’s not stopping parents and students from hosting off-site, unsanctioned prom events.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2021
• Began riding on unsanctioned bush tracks at the age of 11 before taking out jockey’s license at age of 16.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 15 June 2018
• Located in a remote area of Kaneohe, the only way to access the stairs is via a dangerous and unsanctioned hike.
  — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024