as in one
known but not named some unspecified person is expected to replace him temporarily as director of operations until a permanent director can be found

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Recent Examples of unspecified Katie McCartney, Monument’s general manager, is leaving for an unspecified new role that she’s expected to be announcing soon. Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) marine mammal inventory report later listed the causes of death, as reported by Gulf World, as euthanasia due to an unspecified life-threatening condition, a bacterial lung disease and a systemic infection. Dylan Gentile, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025 The timely doc is being produced by Beetz Brothers in tandem with a still unspecified German public broadcaster and a streamer. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 24 Mar. 2025 Weiss, the team’s quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator, was originally put on leave in January 2023 while the school’s police department investigated unspecified computer access crimes. David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unspecified
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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
  • 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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  • According to the sheriff's office, the unnamed dog and her owner were visiting the monument from out of town.
    Michael Nied, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • An unnamed senior Iranian official told Britain's The Telegraph earlier this week that members of Iran's military had called for a strike on the Diego Garcia base to deter a U.S. strike on Iran.
    Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
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  • Are there certain types of egg preparations that handle freezer storage better than others?
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
  • As investors continue to wrestle with this effect, one thing is certain: liquidity is now a top priority.
    Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
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  • Kimberly Sullivan calls 911 to report house fire More bodycam footage shows a police officer arriving to the scene and yelling at an unidentified person through a window, telling the person to exit the home.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Decades passed without any answers for surviving relatives of the unidentified service members.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025

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“Unspecified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspecified. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.

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