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nameless

[neym-lis] / ˈneɪm lɪs /


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The team's conservative estimate suggested between 93 to 97% of insect species remain nameless.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

When a nameless secretary drops a sheaf of papers, Kornev’s response to help is instinctive, yet we cringe at the careless faux pas he commits in this unfeeling society.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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

Tendai watched them slowly turn from nameless horrors to human beings like himself.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer




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