anonymous
Example Sentences
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She was first subjected to an ego-bruising round of media speculation that this was coming, rumors egged on by anonymous White House sources.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Not long after, Brundage was chatting online with an anonymous cybersecurity researcher who then introduced him to Chris Formosa, an engineer at the networking company Lumen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
A Swansea University student, asked to remain anonymous, said he had been ringing ambulance services throughout the UK but there were very few posts on offer.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
A musician and teacher who asked to remain anonymous spoke of struggling to put his brain "on pause", instead spending evenings experimenting with AI.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
The anonymous author of 1604 had been quite right to insist that the theory of perspective would provide the key to interpreting the image of the moon.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.