1
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
However, according to an unnamed friend, the two reportedly managed to bury the hatchet last year.
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Tracy Wright, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
An unnamed woman purchased one of the puppies from a street vender in north Denver for $1,500, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said in a post on X on Tuesday.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025
Yet as the novel moves along, and the target chosen for Hyacinth by his anarchist superiors—an unnamed duke—hovers into view, the tangle of motives becomes subtler.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The unnamed victim was one of nine people listed in a September 2024 federal indictment against 18 defendants.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
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Tracy Wright, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
An unnamed woman purchased one of the puppies from a street vender in north Denver for $1,500, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said in a post on X on Tuesday.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025
Yet as the novel moves along, and the target chosen for Hyacinth by his anarchist superiors—an unnamed duke—hovers into view, the tangle of motives becomes subtler.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The unnamed victim was one of nine people listed in a September 2024 federal indictment against 18 defendants.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unnamed
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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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One unidentified Doral police officer was injured in the shooting, and six innocent bystanders were shot, including 28-year-old Lester Williams Gonzalez, 30-year-old Yaniris Jerez, 34-year-old Frank Miguel Jerez, 48-year-old Sonia Muñoz Torres, and 57-year-old Gerard Patrick Delaney.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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As often happens at auctions where the proceeds go to charity, the bidding got crazy, and an unidentified American collector paid $254,500, against a high estimate of $20,000.—
Mike Hanlon,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2025
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Anyone who may have more information about the case is asked to contact the anonymous tips hotline at 816-474-8477.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
8 Mar. 2025
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Its existence first went public in March 1971, when a group of anonymous activists broke into an FBI office in Pennsylvania and released files to the media.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Unnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unnamed. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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