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Recent Examples of unsanctioned
According to court documents, campus police officers decided not to shut down the unsanctioned party.
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Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Authorities said a shooting Saturday night that wounded four people near an Arden Arcade park was believed to be connected to UC Davis’ annual Picnic Day, where city and university officials had increased police presence and cracked down on unsanctioned gatherings.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2026
The tradition has carried on, however, as an unsanctioned event on the beach for decades, and has primarily been marketed to HBCU students in the southeast.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
The contradiction runs so deep that 62% of those same executives privately concede that the risk of unsanctioned shadow AI is overstated compared to the risk of not leveraging AI at all.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
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Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Authorities said a shooting Saturday night that wounded four people near an Arden Arcade park was believed to be connected to UC Davis’ annual Picnic Day, where city and university officials had increased police presence and cracked down on unsanctioned gatherings.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2026
The tradition has carried on, however, as an unsanctioned event on the beach for decades, and has primarily been marketed to HBCU students in the southeast.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
The contradiction runs so deep that 62% of those same executives privately concede that the risk of unsanctioned shadow AI is overstated compared to the risk of not leveraging AI at all.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsanctioned
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If finalized, the move could impact telehealth firms that rely on outsourcing facilities to produce these drugs in bulk, while bolstering Novo and Lilly's efforts against unauthorized versions that are eating into sales of their blockbuster treatments.—
Mariam Sunny,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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The four-count complaint includes battery, fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and unauthorized use of name and likeness.—
Ana Maria Soler,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Abugharbieh was initially charged with unlawfully holding or move a dead human body in unapproved conditions, failure to report a death to the medical examiner or law enforcement (intent to conceal), tampering with physical evidence, false imprisonment and battery, the sheriff’s office said.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Abugharbieh, 26, faces charges including domestic violence-simple battery, domestic violence-false imprisonment, tampering with evidence, failure to report death to the medical examiner’s office or law enforcement, unlawfully hold or move a human dead body in unapproved conditions.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The movement inspired a proliferation of unlicensed stations serving minority immigrant groups in and near major cities.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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Mejer has now been charged on suspicion of felony child endangerment and felony accessory after the fact of a crime, as well as misdemeanors for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, loaning a motor vehicle to an unlicensed driver and providing false information to an officer.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Lang calls Atterton, who’s in his prison cell with a smuggled phone, to tell him the job is done and that both Bailey-Brown and Sam have been terminated.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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Writs of assistance were open‑ended search warrants granted to British customs officers to search for smuggled goods; they were not limited by time, person, or location, and no probable cause was required.—
Amanda Cats-Baril,
Twin Cities,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Unsanctioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsanctioned. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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