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unsealed

American  
[uhn-seeld] / ʌnˈsild /

adjective

  1. not sealed; not stamped or marked with a seal.

    unsealed cargo.

  2. not shut or closed with or as if with a seal.

    an unsealed letter; an unsealed crate.

  3. not verified, certain, or confirmed.

    His fate was still unsealed.


unsealed British  
/ ʌnˈsiːld /

adjective

  1. not sealed

  2. (of a road) surfaced with road metal not bound by bitumen or other sealant

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of unsealed

1350–1400; Middle English unseled; see un- 1, seal 1, -ed 2

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When court documents were unsealed last month it also emerged books were being destroyed in the process of training Anthropic's AI chatbot, Claude.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

The court records were unsealed this month after ProPublica moved to make them public, with the help of attorneys from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the law firm Shaw Keller.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

An Indian national, Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, 47, who worked for both companies as technical superintendent for the ship, the M/V Dali, is also named in the indictment unsealed on Tuesday.

From Barron's May 12, 2026

News Center that branded itself as a news source for Chinese Americans, according to the plea agreement unsealed Monday.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

He had unsealed the fireplace and kept it laid with pine logs.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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