How to Use anonymity in a Sentence

anonymity

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  • She enjoyed the anonymity of life in a large city.
  • They are trying to protect their child's anonymity.
  • The big one on the cons list was loss of anonymity, but probably that was a way of writing self-hate or something.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
  • The official spoke on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House.
    — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The hatred usually hides in the cowardice of anonymity.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The lengthy flight duration, emotive movie plotlines, and a certain amount of anonymity is a sure-fire way to open the floodgates.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Note from the editor: Sources who are marked with an asterisk have had their names changed to ensure their anonymity.
    — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2023
  • One legal quirk is that if the waitress were actually a cook, searing meat in the anonymity of a kitchen, she wouldn’t be allowed in the tip pool.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an issue that has become a sore point to the Ukrainians.
    — Lara Jakes, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The official spoke on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the Pentagon.
    — Alex Horton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2023
  • But anonymity and pseudonyms didn’t stop people from sleuthing, now or then.
    — Max Chapnick, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Although Roth preserved the author’s anonymity, many of the literati of the late Weimar era would have known who wrote this wryly ironic tale of a young man fumbling his way through the war years.
    — Johannes Von Moltke, The New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The Substack also tracked down the hapless technician who deleted the track, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
    — Vulture, 26 June 2023
  • But this death stood out from the usual anonymity of victims who garner little more than a blurb in news coverage.
    — Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Buried in anonymity in San Bernardino County, Adelanto seems less of a town than an afterthought — even to the people who run it.
    — Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 13 June 2023
  • The pensioner spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid repercussions.
    — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
  • This person spoke on the condition of anonymity to share insights about the two leaders’ discussion.
    — Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment on the decision.
    — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the league meeting was not announced.
    — Stephen Whyno, oregonlive, 24 June 2023
  • Travel has always been my North Star, and the anonymity of these wanderlust moments simply feels like a gentle, warm hug when the world closes in on you.
    — Tenille Clarke, Essence, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The people were not authorized to speak publicly by name and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
    — Lindsey Whitehurst, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2023
  • The person requested anonymity because the deal is not yet official.
    — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2023
  • The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive issue.
    — Edward Wong, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The woman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear for her family’s safety, said the threats contained graphic images of dead bodies.
    — Merritt Enright, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • As well as this additional layer of anonymity, Tor Browser is super-strict on the background scripts and tracking tech that sites can run.
    — David Nield, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The agreement was described by three people familiar with the deal who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it hasn’t been publicly announced.
    — Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
  • The source requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly.
    — oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The person spoke under the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly on the matter.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The source close to Zwerner requested anonymity, not being authorized to speak about the matter.
    — Chelsea Damberg, NBC News, 13 June 2023
  • Officials from the department told the Los Angeles Times, on a condition of anonymity, that employees learned about the third and fourth deaths as news spread about the first two deaths across the agency.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023

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