How to Use unclaimed in a Sentence

unclaimed

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  • If the prize goes unclaimed, the money goes to the Michigan School Aid Fund.
    — Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Hundreds more stray and unclaimed dogs are found on the streets each year.
    — Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2022
  • That is one of the unclaimed dragons that lives in the Dragonmont: Vermithor, the bronze fury.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 24 Oct. 2022
  • For months, his body had lain in the Hinds County morgue, unclaimed.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Down the hall, in two rooms lined with bassinets, eight babies lay unclaimed.
    — Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • If that doesn’t happen, he’d be placed on waivers and, if unclaimed, offered back to the Sox.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The money which sits in a trust and has since grown to more than $1 billion, remains unclaimed.
    — Rachel Hatzipanagos, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
  • One prize has been claimed, but the other remains unclaimed, the Lottery said.
    — USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Check the unclaimed property database for your state and get it back.
    — Jessica Roy Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2022
  • The city would hold the equipment for up to 90 days and it would be considered abandoned if left unclaimed.
    — Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Mayfield will first be subject to waivers and, if unclaimed, will become a free agent.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2022
  • And there was plenty of unclaimed territory for those in search of it.
    — Jacob Brogan, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The 171 unclaimed cremains have been stored at the coroner’s office, McGinty said.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The median value of the unclaimed tax refunds is $813, according to the IRS.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2022
  • García went unclaimed and returned to the Rangers as a minor-leaguer.
    — Lindsey Adler, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2023
  • In some instances, cities will auction off cars that have been sitting in lots too long unclaimed.
    — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Many of the dead are unclaimed, and local authorities are struggling to deal with the sheer scale of the disaster.
    — Ivan Watson, CNN, 5 June 2023
  • There is still one unclaimed top prize ticket in the 20X the Money game, which had three winning tickets for a $1 million prize.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2022
  • To be more precise, the funds from unclaimed prizes in Iowa are added to the lottery's prize pools for upcoming games and promotions.
    — Doc Louallen, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Following an event, all unclaimed items are logged and secured for 30 days.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 14 July 2023
  • Owens then purchases these unclaimed bags by the truckload.
    — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Taxpayers have nine days left to claim their unclaimed tax refunds from 2019.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 10 July 2023
  • Smith went unclaimed on waivers before the season began.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The unclaimed windfall is the largest lottery prize ever won in Illinois and the third largest jackpot in U.S. history.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • If the players go unclaimed by Monday, the Bruins have 30 days (or 10 games) to assign them to Providence.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2022
  • In years past, the fund brought in $10 to $20 million annually from the sale of unclaimed property in Arizona.
    — Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2022
  • If the property is still unclaimed after the week is up, it is moved to a storage unit on the Human Services Campus for 30 days.
    — Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Those traps with no markings or that go unclaimed will be recycled.
    — Susan Haigh, courant.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Foligno, another free-agent signee now finishing up a two-year deal, was placed on waivers at the very start of the season and went unclaimed.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The relative emailed one of the reporters, who found that Moran was also among hundreds of unclaimed bodies buried at the county jail’s work farm.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024

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