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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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Two weeks ago, Mendonca unsealed a police report linked to the Vorcaro investigation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Hugo and Mariano Jinkis will enter deferred prosecution agreements resolving Justice Department allegations filed more than a decade ago, according to a notice prosecutors filed in New York federal court and unsealed on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

Among those charged in the newly unsealed indictment is Cameron Lockett, 23, a.k.a.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

A glance up the stairway showed the door at the top still closed but unsealed, exactly as it had been at noon.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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