unascertained
Example Sentences
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An inquest jury concluded Leona died from a cardiac arrest, but the underlying cause of her sudden deterioration was given as unascertained.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
While the cause of her death is "unascertained", jurors have heard she could have died from the cold or co-sleeping.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024
A pathologist had given the formal cause as unascertained due to the state of decomposition of the body.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2023
The medical cause of death was described in court as unascertained.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2022
The space between this Noss and Cape North, about eighty-two leagues, is therefore the only part of the Russian empire that now remains unascertained.
