undocumented

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Recent Examples of undocumented While some residents like Beal question the wisdom of Trump’s strategy, others voice fears that detaining individuals awaiting deportation locally could risk public safety if they are ever released — though research indicates undocumented immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than citizens. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025 The Colorado Senate advanced a bill Monday that would expand protections for undocumented immigrants and limit where federal officials can enforce immigration law in the state. Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2025 Trump has promised more forceful use of the death penalty, particularly in cases against undocumented immigrants and even in cases where the defendant isn’t accused of murder. Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025 See how much undocumented immigrants have paid in taxes. Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for undocumented
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undocumented
Adjective
  • These aren’t hypothetical scenarios, but active use cases in pilot programs around the world.
    Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • A lot was still hypothetical, imagined and hopeful about what could be.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • First, because our common narrative framework depends on the past, many people still consider warming through a speculative lens, failing to recognize the severity, and urgency, of superstorms and sea-level rise.
    Heather Hansman, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2025
  • But there was a definite hostage-video vibe to her appearances during the presidential campaign, giving students of body language a speculative field day.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • American sportswriter Frank Deford perpetuated the apocryphal story of Leo Seltzer’s invention of roller derby.
    Colleen English, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
  • There’s an apocryphal story among J.R.R. Tolkien fans that the fantasy author’s villainous portrayals of spiders were inspired by a childhood incident when a tarantula bit him.
    Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, for example, can yet orchestrate a theoretical swing of close to £12million ($16m), a significant sum for those requiring summer rebuilds on finite resources.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Indeed, the risk of diversion from Plaintiff's sales is more than theoretical—the government can prove that Plaintiff actually sold LSD to a minor as well as an undercover officer.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Emmy Award-winner plays the Black woman stand-in for a white male protagonist in an imaginary story to repurpose the popularity of a once successful Keyworth Pictures’ franchise.
    Malik Peay, Essence, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Perception Of Threat: In situations of aggression, whether real or imaginary, a natural response is to fight back.
    Naira Velumyan, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Both games made changes to the core formula that longtime players didn't appreciate, such as an influx of unauthentic skins and a departure from the class system.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Its ability to accurately discern and promptly respond to unauthentic negative reviews allows businesses to maintain a legitimate, trustworthy online image.
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
Adjective
  • In spite of everything, the setting continues to compel me, as does the puzzle of Flores’s fiction, which frames the South Texas border region as a territory both physical and chimerical.
    David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Kilgore, his dream of fame approaching, also sees its chimerical agonies.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The series titles alludes to mythical and powerful ancient artifacts from the game universe.
    Carlie Procell, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The First Shadow is a stand-alone prequel to the series, and its creators say the play is, in fact, canon to its mythical universe, and could be referenced in the upcoming Season Five of the series.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Undocumented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undocumented. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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