as in retracted
to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)
the witness tried to unsay the very testimony that he had given a few days earlier
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as in unmentioned
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Recent Examples of unsaid
Tina Reed, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
Left unsaid: lawyers who ignore a judge seldom fare well.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
Seek Feedback On Your Blind Spots As A Leader
HR leaders must train themselves to read between the lines—true emotional intelligence is not just reacting to what is said but understanding what is left unsaid.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
And yet, as verbose as the movie can be (and in some sense, needs to be, as a corrective to decades of misinformation), what goes unsaid is just as powerful.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Between the lines: But the question may be what's left unsaid about federal health programs.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
Left unsaid: lawyers who ignore a judge seldom fare well.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
Seek Feedback On Your Blind Spots As A Leader
HR leaders must train themselves to read between the lines—true emotional intelligence is not just reacting to what is said but understanding what is left unsaid.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
And yet, as verbose as the movie can be (and in some sense, needs to be, as a corrective to decades of misinformation), what goes unsaid is just as powerful.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsaid
Adjective
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Left unmentioned in the note was Trump’s proposal for 100% tariffs on films produced in other countries.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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But what goes unmentioned—what stands in opposition to the siblings’ code of self-optimization and principled bodysurfing—is that their father’s success grew from the soil of an extraordinary season of public investment.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
22 May 2025
Verb
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In response, Hungary withdrew its stake from the bank, marking a rare concession in its complex balancing act between East and West.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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Belichick, always an insular coach, further withdrew during that season amid his team’s struggles, according to team sources with knowledge of the situation.—
Chad Graff,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Busby makes not a single allusion, nor even a hint, at the wholesale destruction, misery and pain of not hundreds, but thousands of African-American families attributable to Hoover’s vicious stranglehold on the city’s South and West sides in the name of drug warfare for untold years.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
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Through rigorous research, this series explores the often untold realities of the glamorous plastic surgery industry, including the procedures many are curious about but hesitant to try.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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On July 30, Edward Saatchi’s Fable Studios announced an undisclosed investment by Amazon in Showrunner, a platform dedicated to AI content that allows users to create episodes with a prompt of just a couple of words.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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His father, King Charles III, was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer in February 2024.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Magic, now 19-12, have contradicted that wisdom.—
Josh Robbins,
The Athletic,
24 Dec. 2024
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However, but it’s now been flatly contradicted.—
David Phelan,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But being silent and withdrawn is certainly not helpful either.—
Carolyn Rosenblatt,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The out-loud goal is to make the playoffs, but the silent aspiration now is to simply avoid another losing season.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In a statement to PEOPLE on Saturday, April 12, Combs' legal team denied the allegations leveled by Manzaro.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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The insurance company denied wrongdoing and has appealed.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Never enter sensitive, confidential or proprietary company information into public AI tools like ChatGPT.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has been building a secret stock position with special confidential treatment for two quarters in a row.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Unsaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsaid. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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