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nameless

[neym-lis] / ˈneɪm lɪs /


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Despite lying beneath unmarked stones, these young people were not nameless.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

An editor who shall remain nameless told me today that no one seemed to care about the latest consumer price index print—that it was stale data in the wake of rising oil prices.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

It is these nameless men and women who help us better understand this chapter of India's history.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

Rilke described these memories as those having “turned to blood within us, to glance and gesture, nameless and no longer to be distinguished from ourselves.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

We merely fell into the fear that hangs over the state, a nameless and awful thing.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin