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as in unnamed
not named or identified by a name
some unidentified person helped them and then left quietly
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Recent Examples of unidentified
Investigators in 2020 were able to get the partial major DNA profile of an unidentified male from the sample obtained from the shorts, according to the lieutenant.
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Ray Sanchez, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Then an unidentified man calls Rose asking about Peter, and she’s sucked back into the world of conspiracies.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
The Best Supporting Actress winner, Alice Brady, was home with a broken ankle, and an unidentified man accepted on her behalf—then vanished without a trace, along with her award.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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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Ray Sanchez, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Then an unidentified man calls Rose asking about Peter, and she’s sucked back into the world of conspiracies.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
The Best Supporting Actress winner, Alice Brady, was home with a broken ankle, and an unidentified man accepted on her behalf—then vanished without a trace, along with her award.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unidentified
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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
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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
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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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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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Callers can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.—
Andrew Sheeler,
Sacramento Bee,
1 Feb. 2025
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Also new — the series reveals the identity of the anonymous source who kicked off the whole investigation.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Unidentified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidentified. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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