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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
The victim was seated in his vehicle and became involved in a heated exchange with an unidentified male in a separate car, according to police.
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Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025
Upon arrival, officers found an unidentified woman suffering from gunshot wounds.
—Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025
Connor Lotterman, 19, was struck in the head by a bullet recklessly fired by an unidentified 20-year-old suspect on May 9 at approximately 11:11 p.m., Ottowa County Sheriff's Office confirmed to Fox News Digital.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2025
But the child went unidentified for four years until authorities received a tip.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for unidentified
Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025
Upon arrival, officers found an unidentified woman suffering from gunshot wounds.
—Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025
Connor Lotterman, 19, was struck in the head by a bullet recklessly fired by an unidentified 20-year-old suspect on May 9 at approximately 11:11 p.m., Ottowa County Sheriff's Office confirmed to Fox News Digital.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2025
But the child went unidentified for four years until authorities received a tip.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 17 May 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 episode cited unnamed sources close to the investigation and included unreleased surveillance camera footage from a neighboring home, as well as a variety of data purported to be directly from Kohberger’s cellphone, such as Google searches, photos and call logs.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
22 May 2025
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The protest and the reveal of Walmart’s AI plans followed another disruption earlier that day at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in Seattle when an unnamed Palestinian tech worker disrupted a speech by Jay Parikh, Microsoft’s head of CoreAI.—
Hayden Field,
CNBC,
21 May 2025
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Others were anonymous anarchists, dreamers, poets, preachers and lunatics.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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The others were anonymous ad hoc chairs from the mid-nineteenth century to the present from the collection of auctioneer Avi Kovacevich, who had been inspired by Wolf’s project in China.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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“Unidentified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidentified. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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