anonymity
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The former Nigerian president has "initiated a process of discussions regarding the Pretoria Agreement," an African diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
"The West is losing the argument over recognition," says a former senior UN official who requested anonymity because they continue to work in Afghanistan.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“This has more red flags than a May Day parade,” an industry insider said, speaking on condition of anonymity so as not to jeopardize his professional relationships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Victims of sexual offences are granted automatic anonymity but Mellissa and Nikita have both waived their rights so they can share their story.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Of course that was part of my job, but it was a part that got harder not easier as time went on; more and more often I longed for anonymity, for sameness.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Presumably because of the libel laws, Cross confines his harsher remarks about the House of Commons to anonymities.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Director Clair uses anonymities for his leads; Actor Raymond Cordy was a taxi-driver a year ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He stood behind a steel network of banks and lawyers and anonymities, unreachable.
From The Secret House by Edgar Wallace
Down in the tanks inside the hull were a few luckless anonymities with search-lights, put there to watch for leaks from loose rivet-heads.
From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Henry Raleigh
I am not quite so pleased to get these anonymities, I must confess, as I am to get a clean, tall editio princeps of The Orphan or of Love for Love.
From Gossip in a Library by Edmund Gosse
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