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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Recent Examples of unsaid
Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025
The recent solar eclipse in Virgo lit up your community and friendship sector, and now Libra Season and the Equinox turn your focus inward — to the hidden, the unsaid, the subconscious aspects of life (and of your own psyche).
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Sep. 2025
Today, this exercise is used in classrooms and workshops to teach brevity, intentionality, and the art of what’s left unsaid.
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Yet his most consequential victory may not have been what was staged for the cameras, but what was left unsaid.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
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Verb
That anger was repeatedly cast beyond Tyler Robinson, the Utah man charged with slaying Kirk whose name went unsaid throughout the day’s services.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025
The recent solar eclipse in Virgo lit up your community and friendship sector, and now Libra Season and the Equinox turn your focus inward — to the hidden, the unsaid, the subconscious aspects of life (and of your own psyche).
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Sep. 2025
Today, this exercise is used in classrooms and workshops to teach brevity, intentionality, and the art of what’s left unsaid.
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Yet his most consequential victory may not have been what was staged for the cameras, but what was left unsaid.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsaid
Verb
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The newborn’s middle name was later retracted.—
Emily Krauser,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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The grounds crews can work on the grass sections in tight quarters underneath the concourses and get grow lamps on them even when they’re retracted.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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North Dakota governor Doug Burgum, a software mogul and VP contender who was also in attendance, could only look on as his name went unmentioned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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But the hot topic went unmentioned on Thursday’s broadcast — and again on Friday’s episode, which tapes a day in advance.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The South American country withdrew visa-free access in April in response to the three countries barring Brazilian passport holders from visa-free access.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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The South African played this weekend in the PGA Tour's Bank of Utah Championship, but withdrew after the first round.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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May Lau has done untold damage to children, both physically and psychologically, and the surrendering of her Texas medical license is a major victory for our state.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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About 1,746 people died, along with thousands of cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, dogs, and untold birds, antelope, and other wildlife.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Royalist émigrés began to trickle back into the country in 1795, and a number of Jacobins who renounced their earlier radicalism were also reintegrated into civil society.—
Time,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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Takaichi has called for a hardline stance towards China and is also in favor of revising Japan’s pacifist constitution, especially Article 9, which renounced Japan’s right to wage war.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Alec Ingold battling injury Starting fullback Alec Ingold, who was supposed to inherit a larger workload with Darren Waller (pectoral) and Julian Hill (ankle) sidelined by injury, suffered an undisclosed injury in the first quarter that could alter Miami’s playcalling.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Developed over an 18-month period, Space Armor consists of tiles of a proprietary polymer made of an undisclosed ratio of fibers to resins that are formed under an equally hush hush process.—
David Szondy
October 26,
New Atlas,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That is, even the Pew study contradicted the claims people were making about wealthier moms being the most miserable and stressed.—
Stephanie H. Murray,
The Atlantic,
21 Oct. 2025
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According to a press statement, the team behind the study found that their engine often contradicted the basic laws of thermodynamics.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That conversational access to the fine print not only saves keystrokes, but also reduces miscommunication, which is often the silent culprit behind change-order disputes and blown budgets.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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And the whole class is just silent.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Unsaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsaid. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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