unidentified

Example Sentences

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They said we had an unidentified pest and pointed us to the neem oil.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

That's because, based on their interpretation of the computer system's analysis, they believe it has found a sketch of Boleyn that has been hiding in plain sight as an "unidentified woman" for hundreds of years.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Charles and Camilla then visited Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, where they laid a wreath and flowers at the hilltop Tomb of the Unknown Soldier honoring America's unidentified war dead.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The case is now one of hundreds being reviewed as part of a pilot project involving a charity, Devon and Cornwall Police and the coroner's service to give names back to the unidentified.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

On July 15, 1775, he paid $333.33 to an unidentified person “to go into the town of Boston; to establish a secret correspondence for the purpose of conveying intelligence of the Enemy’s movements and designs.”

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen