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Thompson’s Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit was one of seven dance institutions to receive large, unasked-for funds in the most recent round of donations by Scott and her husband, Dan Jewett.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2021

Who can decide without unasked-for help what “should” be done?

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2021

She’s trying to take advantage of her unasked-for free time.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2020

But kids who were looking forward to birthday parties, swimming pools, playgrounds, and the normalcy of everyday life—the happy routine of just going to school—are learning unasked-for lessons in sacrifice these days, and it’s early.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2020

He w'as a mine of irrelevant information and unasked-for good advice.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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