How to Use unrelated in a Sentence

unrelated

adjective
  • The zoo was closed on Sunday, but Zoosiana said this was due to weather and was unrelated to the theft.
    Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • At the time the charges were revealed, Mas'ud was in Libyan custody in an unrelated case.
    Tim Starks, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2022
  • People are on the ground doing the work who are unrelated to the campaign.
    Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Democrats are not the only group saying the two are unrelated.
    Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • But the source with knowledge of the situation said the O’Donnell news was unrelated to the merger.
    Jeremy Barr, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
  • The funds cannot be used on luxury items or bills unrelated to food.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The statement confirmed that the shipwreck was unrelated to the series.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The reasons are unclear but are thought to be unrelated to the helium leaks.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 26 June 2024
  • The drugmaker said the move is part of a long-term plan and is unrelated to the current economic downturn.
    Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The sheriff’s office asked Sons to come in on an unrelated matter.
    Isabelle Taft, ProPublica, 27 July 2023
  • The parade was halted because of the shooting, which was unrelated, Cox said.
    Samantha Beech, CNN, 26 Aug. 2023
  • As the hit keeps growing, Conway says the strategy isn’t to strike while the iron is hot with unrelated follow-up content.
    Josh Glicksman, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The massacre ended when an Allen officer, who was at the scene for an unrelated call, shot and killed the gunman, police said.
    Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 16 May 2023
  • And the University of Washington team has found that the two events are not unrelated.
    Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
  • O’Brien said the fleeing pickup driver swiped the side of a fire truck that had responded to an unrelated crash a short distance down the freeway, O’Brien said.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The manslaughter count is unrelated to the other charges.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The couple was unmarried and unrelated, but had a last name in common.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Later key parts of what Viganò alleged were proved false or unrelated to the current pope.
    Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Anderson was killed in an unrelated gang shootout in May 1998.
    Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • Paltrow’s lawyers have argued that any decline in Sanderson’s health is unrelated to the crash.
    Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The funds cannot be used on luxuries such as tobacco or bills unrelated to food.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Gibbs met Harris and one of his partners, David Blitzer, roughly a year ago for a reason unrelated to the Commanders.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • The two issues are unrelated, and Greene is conflating them.
    Rafi Schwartz, The Week, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Like our page to get updates throughout the day on our latest debunks Our rating: False The video is unrelated to the Ohio derailment.
    Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
  • This was the school's first home game since that incident, which police said was unrelated to the game or school activities.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Two other people present at the home were arrested for charges unrelated to the discovery of the bodies.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • But at the time of the robbery, his attorneys said, Murphy was in a Sacramento jail on unrelated charges, nearly 2,000 miles away.
    Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The same day that Lowe’s body was found, detectives had arrested Williams on unrelated charges.
    Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2022
  • His widow, Sheel, said this week the cause was an infection unrelated to his long battle with cancer.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • There are lots of unrelated fragments, not particularly relevant, in the first third of the film.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Oct. 2024

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