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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 MediaTek says this chip is 19% more efficient when gaming compared with unspecified competitive chipsets. Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 25 Feb. 2025 Jasper was diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer last December, his family said Monday in a Facebook post. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025 That $277 million figure also includes a sizable but unspecified amount from Netflix, which reached a deal to feature past seasons of several AMC Networks shows. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025 The woman, who court documents said now lives in Alabama, was seeking unspecified damages. Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 14 Feb. 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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  • The talks are at an early stage, according to an unnamed source who said natural resources, energy exploration and trade routes are being discussed.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
  • That mission carried venture capitalist Lane Bess (a repeat flyer with Blue Origin), Spanish TV host Jesús Calleja, physicist entrepreneur Elaine Chia Hyde, reproductive endocrinologist Richard Scott, hedge fund partner Tushar Shah and a sixth unnamed crewmember to space and back.
    Tariq Malik, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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  • While using wax melts is a personal choice, experts said there are certain factors to consider.
    Simon Spichak, Health, 5 Mar. 2025
  • A lot of people are interpreting this week’s settlement as a sign that Florida State and Clemson will stay in the conference until the grant of rights expires in 2036, but that’s far from certain.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 5 Mar. 2025
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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
  • 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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“Unspecified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspecified. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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