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Recent Examples of unofficial
Newspaper clippings, photographs and letters of support – gathered into neat stacks or placed in tidy collages – form an unofficial archive of her life’s work.
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April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Martinez won 62% of the vote compared to 38% for her Republican opponent, Brad Daigle, according to unofficial results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.
—Fin Daniel Gómez, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
But on Tuesday, in the east wing of the Idaho Capitol, a group of immigration hardliners doubled down during an unofficial event attended by several conservative lawmakers.
—Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
As with Venditti and the Safdies, Kulukundis is the casting director in charge of Paul Thomas Anderson’s unofficial repertory company.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2026
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April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Martinez won 62% of the vote compared to 38% for her Republican opponent, Brad Daigle, according to unofficial results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.
—Fin Daniel Gómez, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
But on Tuesday, in the east wing of the Idaho Capitol, a group of immigration hardliners doubled down during an unofficial event attended by several conservative lawmakers.
—Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
As with Venditti and the Safdies, Kulukundis is the casting director in charge of Paul Thomas Anderson’s unofficial repertory company.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, both Ukrainian and Russian military bloggers reported that unauthorized Starlink satellite communications terminals in use by Russian forces had been disrupted or disconnected, following a public appeal by Kyiv to Starlink producer SpaceX and its owner Elon Musk.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Earn 1% cash back on all other purchases With Zero Liability you won't be held responsible for unauthorized charges made with your card or account information.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
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Anyone who survived the informal audition went on to meet judges Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie, and Carrie Underwood.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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Unlike the specialized literary magazine and its informal cousin, the literary blog, the general-interest newspaper has a kind of noble rapacity, an encyclopedic ambition to wrap its arms around the whole of the world.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Unofficial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unofficial. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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