undetermined

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Cowlitz Fire and Rescue Chief Scott Goldstein said there are an "unknown number of fatalities at this moment," adding that officials have "confirmed that there are fatalities, but the exact number is undetermined".

From BBC • May 26, 2026

SpaceX plans to launch up to 1 million satellites, meant to function as data centers, over an undetermined period of time.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

As revellers rang in the new year, a "fire of undetermined origin" broke out in a bar popular with tourists, police in the Wallis canton in southwestern Switzerland, police said in a statement.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

His cause of death was ruled as undetermined, with the medical examiner stating it wasn’t possible to confirm or exclude the role played by his exposure to toxic fumes on his aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Some undetermined time in January had become the axis day around which the months swung.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck