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
  • Further, the photo used in the claim is unrelated to the 2011 conflict in Libya.
    — Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Officials have said the charges are unrelated to the death of Spc.
    — CBS News, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The city’s case is unrelated to the unpaid sales taxes to the county.
    — al, 15 Sep. 2022
  • But the clip in the social media posts is unrelated to those events.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • The agency has said the outage was unrelated to staff turnover.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Democrats are not the only group saying the two are unrelated.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Three sources said the breakup was unrelated to the appointment.
    — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Blankenship countered that the amount of money the board has and the rates customers pay are unrelated.
    — Heather Gann | [email protected], al, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Sources told the outlet that the ending of The Flash is unrelated to its forthcoming film.
    — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • Metro officials at the time said the issue was unrelated to the defect in the 7000 series.
    — Justin George, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
  • And in one batch, the young were totally unrelated to the fish that was carrying them.
    — New York Times, 3 May 2022
  • The financial settlement over his jail time is unrelated to the events on the K Street Mall.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • He was already being held at the county jail on unrelated charges when the phone was searched.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2022
  • 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 shooting was unrelated to the ongoing protests, the chief told the Akron Beacon Journal.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 9 July 2022
  • About six months after the shooting, Rean and Jones were housed in the same jail unit in Portland on unrelated charges.
    — oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2022
  • The reasons are unclear but are thought to be unrelated to the helium leaks.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 26 June 2024
  • But the wife of the most conservative judge on the bench insists that her activism is unrelated to her husband’s role on the top court.
    — al, 15 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • But the photo in the social media posts is unrelated to Trump’s re-election and predates it by two years.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
  • According to a search warrant for the phone, the new case is unrelated to his previous case.
    — Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
  • But the video included in the Threads post is unrelated to those incidents.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Amazon said the crashes were unrelated to its decision to halt drone operations.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Jeremy Michael Brown of Tampa was arrested and sentenced to an additional seven years for another sentence unrelated to Jan. 6.
    — Robert Weiner and Katherine White, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025

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