as in one
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
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that civilians had been killed on Monday in an Israeli air strike in central Gaza, citing unspecified local medical sources.
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Beer plays Laura, a young piano student in Berlin suffering an unspecified mental crisis at the outset of proceedings.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 May 2025
The officer, who was working a perimeter while others went to the home, noticed an unspecified vehicle code violation, and because the SUV was leaving the area where the crime had just occurred, pulled the car over.
—Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 16 May 2025
He will be booked into Sacramento County Main Jail on unspecified charges once he is released from care.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
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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.—
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Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.—
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The episode cited unnamed sources close to the investigation and included unreleased surveillance camera footage from a neighboring home, as well as a variety of data purported to be directly from Kohberger’s cellphone, such as Google searches, photos and call logs.—
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That led to two unnamed undocumented immigrants and the ACLU representing a local advocacy group filing a new lawsuit, which prompted Jones to issue another temporary injunction on Tuesday.—
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What is Valley fever? Valley fever is a lung infection caused by breathing in spores from Coccidioides, a fungus that lives in the soil and dust in certain regions of the United States and the world, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).—
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The frontcourt, on the other hand, is less certain.—
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Connor Lotterman, 19, was struck in the head by a bullet recklessly fired by an unidentified 20-year-old suspect on May 9 at approximately 11:11 p.m., Ottowa County Sheriff's Office confirmed to Fox News Digital.—
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Upon arrival, officers found an unidentified woman suffering from gunshot wounds.—
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“Unspecified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspecified. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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