How to Use unlinked in a Sentence

unlinked

adjective
  • But as the state has reopened and new cases have climbed, so has the portion that are unlinked.
    — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 4 July 2020
  • Since the first case was identified, three further, unlinked, groups have been confirmed.
    — Denise Roland, WSJ, 18 May 2022
  • There are various reasons those are unlinked, Bourgeois said.
    — Janet McConnaughey, The Seattle Times, 4 Sep. 2018
  • The current average of unlinked cases in Hong Kong is nearly four.
    — Zen Soo, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2020
  • The state aims to keep its average rate of unlinked cases below 30 percent and did so for much of May and June.
    — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 4 July 2020
  • Arkansas, where cases have been climbing recently, doesn't post the unlinked metric online.
    — Steve Thompson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2020
  • Arkansas, where cases have been climbing recently, doesn’t post the unlinked metric online.
    — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 4 July 2020
  • The two Americans offered distinct cases that were eventually linked and then unlinked.
    — Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
  • He is also connected to the langur monkeys’ cut enclosure, a police spokeswoman said, but Pin’s death is an unlinked mystery.
    — Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Officials have openly promoted using virus control measures in ways unlinked to the pandemic.
    — Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The remaining 2 cases are presently unlinked to previous cases.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 24 May 2021
  • Julia’s boss has proposed to reprint Grant’s unlinked stories, edited and with a new introduction by Julia.
    — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2020
  • That compares with 30 new community cases found Friday, and eight unlinked infections.
    — Niluksi Koswanage, Bloomberg.com, 21 May 2021
  • But as unlinked cases kept emerging, the government closed down the city of 5 million people from July until September.
    — Rachel Chang, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Under the old rule, schools were closed if testing found two positive results, regardless of the school’s size and even if the cases were apparently unlinked, such as those involving kids grades apart who never crossed paths.
    — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Under the current agreement between the two financial hubs, the arrangement is suspended for two weeks if the seven-day moving average of unlinked cases rises to five in either city.
    — Bloomberg.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • That could pose privacy concerns for users who want their activity on an unlinked Instagram account isolated from their prime Facebook profile.
    — Wired, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Per New York City policy, two unlinked cases result in the building being shuttered for 10 consecutive days.
    — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The decision came as Singapore battled to stem the increasing number of unlinked or untraceable Covid-19 infections in the city-state.
    — Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • The remains were discovered 40 miles away from where Perry’s car was left in Fruitvale, but the parallel mysteries would remain unsolved — and unlinked — for more than 20 years.
    — Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2020
  • According to the terms of the agreement, the travel bubble will be closed for two weeks if the seven-day moving average of the daily number of unlinked local cases is more than five in either Singapore or Hong Kong.
    — Angus Whitley, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2021
  • The average daily ridership in May 2025 (the last full month that school was in session in 2025) was 768,291 unlinked passenger trips across all modes.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025

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