Definition of UNSPOKEN

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Not speaking about such things was part of our unspoken familial deal. — Sarah Scoles, Longreads, "Meet the New Mormons," 8 June 2018 With Joyce, the unflinching recklessness of the familiar yet unspoken, going where even daredevils once feared to tread. — Cynthia Ozick, WSJ, "Appreciation: Philip Roth," 25 May 2018 In Jness, like many of Nxivm’s courses, once the unspoken had been spoken, a new theory, developed by Raniere, took root. — Vanessa Grigoriadis, New York Times, "The ‘Sex Cult’ That Preached Empowerment," 30 May 2018 Connecticut Democrats had an unspoken goal: to emerge from the party’s nominating convention earlier this month united behind gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont. — Daniela Altimari, courant.com, "Endorsed Democrats Make A Play For Unity," 30 May 2018 As if we have been lost for generations in a confusing landscape, gathering what was invisible and unspoken . . . — BostonGlobe.com, "Michael Ondaatje crafts a superb wartime mystery," 3 May 2018 As the nation remembers King's assassination in Memphis 50 years ago, there's another largely unspoken question: What if King had survived? — John Blake, CNN, "The question that haunts Martin Luther King's last day in Memphis," 3 Apr. 2018 The wild arpeggios of the violin sounded like an unspoken truth: Some good little children die in the snow. — Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman, New York Times, "Letter of Recommendation: Vivaldi’s ‘Winter’," 21 Feb. 2018 There’s this powerful eruption of unspoken truth that needs to be unpacked. — Rhonda Garelick As Told To Sarah Spellings, The Cut, "Meet Rhonda Garelick, the Cut’s Critic of Fashion, Aesthetics, and Politics," 1 Feb. 2018

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