Example Sentences

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"Unknowns are unacceptable in this age of ubiquitous sensors and data availability. The scientific community has a responsibility to investigate and educate."

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

His father was among the nearly 400 remains that were buried as Unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

From Washington Times • Feb. 21, 2023

Thanks for your informative piece on the Roman numerals on the Tomb of the Unknowns.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2021

And Washington paused for three days of ceremony that would lead to the creation of the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021

Of course, I am now careful in all I write and advise my friends to be, but I sometimes get letters from Unknowns, people that sympathize with me or have fallen in love with me.

From Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess by Fischer, Henry W. (Henry William)