Example Sentences

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Much of the uncaptured Mexican waste flows into the Tijuana River, which crosses a U.S. estuary before reaching the Pacific.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

As giving shifts toward informal routes - online transfers, crowdfunding and other unaudited platforms - much of this behaviour goes uncaptured.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

“Most of this water is not just uncaptured — it’s uncapturable,” says Gartrell, a delta expert, independent consulting engineer and former assistant general manager of the Contra Costa Water District.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2023

I see a truck full of uncaptured scooters pinging along the map in real time.

From Slate • May 22, 2018

Oh, but I know better and so do you.Those glassy museum stares have got nothing on you, my uncaptured favorite child, wild as the day is long.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver