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as in unnamed
not named or identified by a name
the victim of the crime will remain nameless to protect his privacy those nameless editors who write the synopses for TV shows in the newspaper
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as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
was seized with a nameless, vague fear that made her seek the companionship of another person
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as in unknown
not widely known
a nameless poet who has just been rediscovered by devotees of love poems
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Recent Examples of nameless
Hard to imagine that this nameless woman could become even less visible, but that is the novel’s story.
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Irina Dumitrescu, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024
The Gulf, however, remained nameless until the early 1540s, according to the Texas State Historical Association.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
While Amy Adams' nameless mother is the heart of the story, the filmmaker hopes that husbands, who might not understand the female perspective, will view it as a manual for navigating what their wives are going through.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
One was made by a docent and another by a curator at Austin museums, who shall remain nameless for arguably obvious reasons.
—Asher Price, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
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Irina Dumitrescu, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024
The Gulf, however, remained nameless until the early 1540s, according to the Texas State Historical Association.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
While Amy Adams' nameless mother is the heart of the story, the filmmaker hopes that husbands, who might not understand the female perspective, will view it as a manual for navigating what their wives are going through.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
One was made by a docent and another by a curator at Austin museums, who shall remain nameless for arguably obvious reasons.
—Asher Price, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nameless
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The bureau identified three other suspects in the surveillance operation, including two unnamed hardware engineers and a financier, a woman known as Wang.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The deluge, directed at an unnamed Cloudflare customer, came from 13,000 IoT devices infected by a variant of Mirai, a potent piece of malware with a long history of delivering massive DDoSes of once-unimaginable sizes.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
22 Jan. 2025
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Inside her was the growing awareness that Sebastien had only been writing her, Dani, out of a sense of duty, all the while hotly suffering a much more grownup correspondence with the incredible Yvonne.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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But in between those ‘parties’ is an incredible description of Hell!—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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But apparently, like Highland when used in reference to the latest Model 3, this isn’t an official Tesla term, and the origin of it is unknown.—
James Morris,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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His attorney, Timothy Parlatore, declined to comment Thursday on the dollar figure, which was previously unknown.—
Tara Copp,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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The company prospered, in part, by accepting commissions for spec office space—for buildings that would house unidentified future occupants, in deals put together by real-estate developers.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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The 21-year-old victim got into an argument around 1:37 p.m. with an unidentified individual near General Hart Playground at 69th St. and 37th Ave.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2025
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One of last year’s most controversial horror movies was the Spanish director Caye Casas’s taboo-breaking psychological drama about the aftermath of an unspeakable act.—
Erik Piepenburg,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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So yeah, these two gorgeous creatures are about to do unspeakable things to each other on the pool table at Jack’s bar.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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Both parties have spent much of the 21st century using what had been obscure procedural tactics to delay or slowly derail presidential nominees for Cabinet posts, regulatory agency boards and federal judgeships.—
Ed O'Keefe,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2025
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The recent wildfires shine a spotlight on an obscure firefighting charity.—
Hunter Clauss,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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This perspective aligns with moves like Lummis's 2023 amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, targeting anonymous transactions and asset mixers, and shows how the SRA framework could enforce stringent oversight, reducing bitcoin's utility as a censorship-resistant currency.—
Susie Violet Ward,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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In the anonymous world of football message boards, anybody could be lurking.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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Aquarius teaches us about community and friendship by showing us which friends support our individuality while offering the incredible, ineffable experience of losing ourselves in something greater and more communal.—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
16 Jan. 2025
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This spiritual path has given rise to a rich tradition encompassing poetry, music, dance and visual art, all of which seek to articulate the ineffable experiences of the soul’s journey toward God.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes,
1 Jan. 2025
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“Nameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nameless. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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