How to Use unclassified in a Sentence

unclassified

adjective
  • The fraud charge is an unclassified felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2022
  • In this case, some of the best evidence is in the unclassified world.
    — New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
  • But look, the letter should not have been sent to many people, unclassified.
    — Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 24 Apr. 2020
  • An unclassified version of that report is due to be released this month.
    — Jennifer Jett, New York Times, 4 June 2021
  • What the public will see is an unclassified version of the report.
    — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 5 June 2021
  • Fitzgerald said the death is listed as unclassified at the time which means it is not yet known if foul play was involved.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 10 Oct. 2022
  • While the videos are unclassified, the Navy says they were never cleared for release.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Sep. 2019
  • But much of the research there is unclassified, and many foreign scientists work at the lab.
    — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Hegseth also shared unclassified video showing the moment of the strike.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The first was the fact that these documents were mixed in with unclassified documents.
    — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2022
  • As of now, the death is deemed unclassified and an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.
    — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 3 Jan. 2018
  • Four of the notes were classified and have been partially redacted, and three of them are unclassified.
    — Jeremy Herb, CNN, 19 Apr. 2018
  • At the time the investigation was deemed an unclassified death.
    — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Bloomberg obtained the unclassified report, though not the classified annex to the study.
    — Erik Wasson, Bloomberg.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • All of the researchers are expected to publish their findings, at least the unclassified ones, in the next several years.
    — Allie Wilkinson, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2019
  • Warren asked for an unclassified reply by March 27.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Brett Crozier, sent an urgent but unclassified memo to his superiors that was later leaked to the press.
    — Tim Darnell, ajc, 13 Apr. 2020
  • So far, Google is available without any restrictions for unclassified use.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The unclassified parts of the briefings were described by officials in the room, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2022
  • The memos obtained by the AP were unclassified, though some portions were blacked out as classified.
    — Mary Clare Jalonick, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Southern Command shared a brief unclassified video of a boat exploding and bursting into flames.
    — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Aides say there is a classified version of Haspel’s response and an unclassified version, neither of which have been released.
    — NBC News, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The unclassified report comes out 180 days after the late-December bill was passed.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2021
  • These are unclassified assessments, sitting in government reports that too few people have read.
    — Ashish K. Jha, STAT, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The city’s current law makes such a violation an unclassified misdemeanor, with a fine of up to $500.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2020
  • As is, the bill would continue the current practice of allowing the mayor to send any unclassified employee to meetings in his or her stead.
    — Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The young sailor immediately pulled up the New York Times home page on an unclassified laptop.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Funding to reinforce the windows came from a mix of classified and unclassified appropriations, which helped mask the scale and cost of the project.
    — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
  • He was briefed, and the White House is preparing to release an unclassified version in the coming days, officials said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The consulting firm Avascent says that the Air Force spends more than $7 billion per year on unclassified space systems alone.
    — National Geographic, 19 June 2018

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