How to Use unaccounted for in a Sentence
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Families have confirmed some deportees have died while others are unaccounted for.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 30 June 2026
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One of the disaster’s greatest uncertainties remains the fate of people who are still unaccounted for.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
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But the number of people still unaccounted for remains highly uncertain.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
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Even so, families of those still unaccounted for continue urging authorities not to abandon the search.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
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Nearly 44,000 of the people who have been reported missing on an online platform are still unaccounted for.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
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More than 7,800 of these have since been located, leaving just under 50,000 people unaccounted for.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
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Instagram/Lucas Trejo More than 1,700 people have died and tens of thousands are still unaccounted for, Venezuelan authorities said Monday.
—CBS News, 29 June 2026
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As of June 29, more than 1,700 people are confirmed dead, over 5,000 injured and nearly 16,000 displaced, while tens of thousands remain missing or unaccounted for.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
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According to an unofficial and widely circulated online list, some 38,500 people were still unaccounted for, down from nearly 60,000 in the days immediately after the quakes.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 July 2026
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Of those, investigators determined 116 were adopted, 71 were listed as available for adoption and 45 remained at the facility, leaving 731 dogs unaccounted for, Honsal said.
—Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
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