unsealed
Americanadjective
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not sealed; not stamped or marked with a seal.
unsealed cargo.
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not shut or closed with or as if with a seal.
an unsealed letter; an unsealed crate.
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not verified, certain, or confirmed.
His fate was still unsealed.
adjective
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not sealed
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(of a road) surfaced with road metal not bound by bitumen or other sealant
Etymology
Origin of unsealed
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Two weeks ago, Mendonca unsealed a police report linked to the Vorcaro investigation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 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
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
On Nov. 13, before the indictment was unsealed, Adani congratulated Trump on his election and pledged in a X post to invest $10 billion in the U.S. and create 15,000 jobs here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Mrs. Winterbottom took the envelope and turned it over and over before she slowly unsealed it and slipped out the message.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
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