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anonymity

[an-uh-nim-i-tee] / ˌæn əˈnɪm ɪ ti /


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A second local volunteer gave the same death toll, requesting anonymity for security reasons.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

“So much of the history of art is the anonymity of women, whether she’s a Madonna, Venus or a nude bather,” says art historian Katy Hessel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

“It put a pit in stomachs,” said one supporter close to the Bass campaign who requested anonymity to speak candidly about the poll.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The Pentagon’s public database cites 18 servicemember deaths, but officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the figures, said the true number could be as high as 23.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

To protect their anonymity and illustrate the universality of their experiences, we decided to number each diary entry rather than attach a name.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

Presumably because of the libel laws, Cross confines his harsher remarks about the House of Commons to anonymities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Director Clair uses anonymities for his leads; Actor Raymond Cordy was a taxi-driver a year ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is the rendezvous of expiring illusions, the gathering place of the anonymities which utilize man, beasts and plants.

From Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath by Wallace Smith

Down in the tanks inside the hull were a few luckless anonymities with search-lights, put there to watch for leaks from loose rivet-heads.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Henry Raleigh

I remember doing just the same thing once when I came home from school and had an exciting story to tell, with preservation of anonymities.

From New Grub Street by George Gissing




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