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as in unnamed
not named or identified by a name
some unidentified person helped them and then left quietly
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Recent Examples of unidentified
When the bodies of unidentified young men start to show up around the city, beaten and full of the anaesthetic lidocaine, DCI Jeanette Kilburn (Myles) and partner DI Lou Stanley (Scott) are on the hunt for the killer.
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Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
Carter said her office doesn't track statistics on identifications but said usually one or two unidentified remains are ID'd each year through DNA testing.
—CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
But instead of going down, unidentified products rose to 8.7 percent.
—Adriana Lee, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024
The incidents come amid growing questions over unidentified aerial phenomenon sightings or unidentified swarms of drones near military installations, including drones that flew near Virginia’s Langley Air Force Base in December 2023.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
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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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Sometime in the 1980s, unnamed parties donated the Lafayette Meteorite (named after its location) to Chicago’s Field Museum.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Hue and an unnamed friend, who was not arrested, got into a confrontation with four UC Berkeley students in the 2400 block of Telegraph Avenue.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The subcommittee is reportedly expected to be established early next year, according to CNBC, citing anonymous sources.Lindsey Choo, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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The complaint also revealed that Eckhart was the anonymous accuser whose allegations against Henry led to his firing from Fox.Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Unidentified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidentified. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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