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Recent Examples of unrelated
Green was initially arrested as part of an unrelated investigation as officers worked to connect him to the shooting.
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Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Mimicry, in which an organism resembles an unrelated species, is one of the great marvels of evolution.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
One of the men on the moped was injured and taken to the hospital and is in police custody in connection with an unrelated investigation, police said.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
One of the suspects is in custody and being held as part of an unrelated investigation, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.
—Jack Moore, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
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Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Mimicry, in which an organism resembles an unrelated species, is one of the great marvels of evolution.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
One of the men on the moped was injured and taken to the hospital and is in police custody in connection with an unrelated investigation, police said.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
One of the suspects is in custody and being held as part of an unrelated investigation, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.
—Jack Moore, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrelated
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Paparesta told reporters that the two injuries were unconnected.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
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Love Actually Love Actually follows a group of seemingly unconnected people in London in the six weeks leading up to Christmas.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
11 Dec. 2025
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Symbiosis refers to a close association between two dissimilar organisms that may benefit or harm one or both organisms.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Mar. 2026
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In many ways, Weir tells Big Think in an email interview, the challenge of writing hard sci-fi isn’t too dissimilar from teaching a high school science class.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
24 Mar. 2026
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Those claims already stretched the limits of seriousness and legality, targeting splinter groups – at best – and other bad actors completely unassociated with Al Qaeda at worst.—
Alexander Langlois,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
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And while there is a minor character, unassociated with any actual F1 race team, who emerges as a foil to Hayes, Bruckheimer made clear that the story centers on the tension between two drivers, the aging Hayes and the up-and-comer Pearce, on the same fictional team.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Lee Clay Johnson’s Bloodline and Carl Hiaasen’s Fever Beach answer that question in different, equally impressive ways.—
Francine Prose,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Lemon said that might no longer be a dealbreaker for some candidates, but feels that as a Black man, he’d be held to a different standard.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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The novels range from supremely short to extremely long and include settings as disparate as a sunny cruise ship and COVID-era Manhattan.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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How any of these disparate pieces of the company fit together is anyone’s guess.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Or the move could have been to help the calf stay afloat—unlike adults, young sperm whales tend to sink and need to swim harder to reach the surface to breathe.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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Extreme cold is especially dangerous for donkeys because unlike horses, donkeys don’t have the natural oils in their coats that repel moisture, Vargas said.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Global oil supply has reduced by 13%, according to the IMF, while severe damage has been done to other critical supply chains.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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Earlier in the season Schumaker talked about the importance of a well-rounded team to win and while Eovaldi and deGrom struggled in their first three starts other members from the starting rotation stepped up with MacKenzie Gore, Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter all shining.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
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The feature starring Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop and directed by Antoine Fuqua is strong across all demos and diverse groups, though slightly more pronounced in first choice with men and women over 25.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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Although no continent on Earth is now untouched by the diverse and delicious seed and food crops developed in the Americas, the brilliance of the native peoples who domesticated these nourishing plants over millennia has largely been overlooked by history.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Unrelated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrelated. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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