How to Use unaccounted for in a Sentence

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  • Koch, 40, who was homeless, was among those who are unaccounted for in the wake of the tragedy on Maui.
    — Tom Hays, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The main thing will be search and rescues, trying to locate as many of the 600 people who are still unaccounted for.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
  • About 130 hostages remain unaccounted for, with some known to be dead.
    — Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Almost half of the men still unaccounted for are from the 366th Regiment.
    — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
  • Durst was in California and unaccounted for at the time of Berman’s death.
    — Ester Bloom, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
  • There are believed to 133 hostages still being held in Gaza, and five of the unaccounted for are U.S. citizens.
    — Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 3 May 2024
  • The only physical key for the dorm suite that was unaccounted for is the one assigned to Jordan, records show.
    — Andi Babineau, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The city doesn’t know what happened to the others: More than half the people relocated from the trail are unaccounted for.
    — Marisa Kendall, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • In one case, four members of what appears to be the same family are unaccounted for.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Three adults and three children who resided at the East Lansdowne, Pa., home were unaccounted for.
    — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Hundreds of people are unaccounted for, and at least 199 have died.
    — Melissa Hanson, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2024
  • At least 115 people have died from the fires so far, with several more still unaccounted for.
    — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2023
  • At least 35 people in the region have died, and with cell service down, hundreds more are unaccounted for.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
  • But from the first Gulf Wars, there are just six soldiers unaccounted for, Wright said, and there are no unaccounted for soldiers from the war in Afghanistan.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 May 2024
  • Presumed dead, the 19-year-old was officially listed as lost and unaccounted for by the Army.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 6 May 2024
  • But the long lines of silent men and weeping women gave mute evidence that more were unaccounted for than the 23 first reported.
    — Jerome Hansen, Jack Schermerhorn, Ralph Nelson and Ken McCormick, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Many loved ones are still unaccounted for and the death toll of Hurricane Helene continues to rise.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The sheer numbers of people dead or unaccounted for in the Libyan city of Derna are overwhelming survivors.
    — Alex Crawford, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The owner got control of a second dog, but the third is missing and unaccounted for, according to the department.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2024
  • Fifteen Americans remain unaccounted for, feared to be among the more than 120 hostages Hamas is holding in Gaza.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • This time, with the teen still unaccounted for on June 13, the grandmother reported her missing.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Two victims had been unaccounted for, a city official said the prior day.
    — Holly Yan, CNN, 5 June 2023
  • Beyond the 22 known to have been killed, the State Department said at least 17 more Americans remain unaccounted for.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Crews are trying to locate others who may be unaccounted for after the home was flattened.
    — Karen Cortes, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • When the teen was still unaccounted for on June 13, the grandmother reported her missing.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2023
  • As of last month, some 600 people remained unaccounted for.
    — Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
  • Four men remain unaccounted for, and are presumed dead.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Nichol Simpson, holding a missing-persons flyer for her brother Tony, who was unaccounted for in the weeks after the fire.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • With the growing death toll, the number of Americans who remained unaccounted for fell to 13 people, the State Department said.
    — By vivian Salama, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Of those affected, five were rescued, four remain unaccounted for and Peterson was among the two confirmed dead.
    — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024

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