anonymous source

collocation in English

meaningsofanonymousandsource

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anonymous
adjective
uk
/əˈnɒn.ɪ.məs/us
/əˈnɑː.nə.məs/
made or done by someone whose name is not known or not ...
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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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(Definition ofanonymousandsourcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofanonymous source

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The embryo may include the gametes of one member of the couple, and gametes donated by ananonymoussource.
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It would be ananonymoussourceto which everybody resorts by going into most public libraries.
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When one comes to information from ananonymoussource, one has a particular difficulty.
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The report, notwithstanding the citation of ananonymoussource, is without substance.
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Inventing ananonymoussourcewho expresses the newscaster's own opinions.
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The three cases to which she referred arose because ananonymoussourcetold the police that a person living at a particular house was an illegal immigrant.
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However, ananonymoussourceclose to the show cryptically said don't rule anything out.
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The statement was sent to them by ananonymoussource.
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He said that he obtained the information from ananonymoussource.
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The same is true with this story; it came through ananonymoussource.
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In this example, the first hearsay also comes from ananonymoussource, and the admissibility of an anonymous statement requires additional legal burden of proof.
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The local authorities were tipped off by ananonymoussourcebecause the couple's two daughters did not attend school.
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The words to the song are from ananonymoussource.
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He was described by ananonymoussourceas a... handsome, elegant, flirtatious and quarrelsome man.
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The same day, he receives a mysterious encrypted message from ananonymoussource.
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Simply put, it means that the authorities, including the courts, can not compel a journalist to reveal the identity of ananonymoussourcefor a story.
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The story was based onanonymoussource.
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