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anonymity

[an-uh-nim-i-tee] / ˌæn əˈnɪm ɪ ti /


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FamilyMart boasts a network of more than 16,000 stores across Japan, and roughly 30 percent of them are short-staffed, a company spokesman told AFP on condition of anonymity on Monday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 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

Sailing across the ocean among half a thousand perfect strangers conveyed an anonymity in which my grandparents could re-create themselves.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

He stood behind a steel network of banks and lawyers and anonymities, unreachable.

From The Secret House by Edgar Wallace

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

The thought of these poor anonymities frightened her.

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




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