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as in one
known but not named
used some unnamed procedure for testing the accuracy of the device
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as in unidentified
not named or identified by a name
the newspaper article quoted several unnamed sources
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Recent Examples of unnamed
An unnamed French judicial source told Reuters Dutch authorities were simultaneously searching the company’s Amsterdam headquarters.
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
It’s set in an unnamed time in what is presumably the very near future, when the United States has been taken over by a fundamentalist group known as Gilead, under whose regime women are considered property and stripped of any personal rights.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Seemingly on the basis of little besides this unconfirmed assertion from an unnamed Floridian, Musk went a step further in his next X post.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
The Wall Street Journal, citing analysis of videos circulating online and unnamed intelligence officials, reported that the North Korean soldiers are young and appear to have slight builds, indicating some level of hunger among the ranks coming from the secretive nation.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
It’s set in an unnamed time in what is presumably the very near future, when the United States has been taken over by a fundamentalist group known as Gilead, under whose regime women are considered property and stripped of any personal rights.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Seemingly on the basis of little besides this unconfirmed assertion from an unnamed Floridian, Musk went a step further in his next X post.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
The Wall Street Journal, citing analysis of videos circulating online and unnamed intelligence officials, reported that the North Korean soldiers are young and appear to have slight builds, indicating some level of hunger among the ranks coming from the secretive nation.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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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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In December, the developers flew Smith, Owens and an unidentified witness to Florida on a private jet for a meeting on a yacht.Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Vance starts by bringing up the 1956 Suez crisis when the U.S. almost launched nukes against Moscow after an unidentified aircraft flew over Turkey and a British bomber fell from the sky.Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The anonymous tip came via P3 Tips, a mobile app that can be downloaded on cellphones or accessed via the web to submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers programs and law enforcement agencies.Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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In a shocking but logical end to their brotherhood, Oz strangles Victor Aguilar to death, throws his ID in the river, and leaves his anonymous body to be found by the next passing stranger.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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“Unnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unnamed. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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