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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
Larry Sand, Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
The response of corporate America to those killings was instructive — both for what was said and left unsaid.
—Alessandro Piazza, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Instead, symbols, especially flowers, became powerful ways to communicate feelings that might otherwise go unsaid.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2026
What matters is repetition, tone and what is left unsaid.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Also left unsaid is that full-time public school teachers work fewer hours per year compared to workers in the private sector, including time spent on lesson preparation, test construction, grading, providing extra help to students, coaching, and other activities.
—Larry Sand, Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
The response of corporate America to those killings was instructive — both for what was said and left unsaid.
—Alessandro Piazza, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Instead, symbols, especially flowers, became powerful ways to communicate feelings that might otherwise go unsaid.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2026
What matters is repetition, tone and what is left unsaid.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsaid
Adjective
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If your own personal favorite went unmentioned, all apologies.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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In rapid succession in the credits, the film lists First Lady's various accomplishments in her role as first lady, most of which have gone unmentioned throughout the film.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Warsama traces the issue back more than a decade, when discredited researcher Andrew Wakefield published his study — since retracted — claiming a link between autism and the MMR vaccine.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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This too has also recently been redesigned, with a palette of greens and corals, as well as a sunroof that can be retracted on beautiful days.—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In Tennyson’s youth, geologists amassed evidence in support of the proposition, first floated in the previous century, that the age of the earth was not measurable in the familiar and Biblically sanctioned sum of thousands of years but, rather, in untold billions.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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The Dix-Hill agreement was suspended, and the number of prisoners of war grew exponentially; the result was camps the size of cities and untold misery for thousands of men in both the North and the South.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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Born rich, yet sought a life of poverty Born into a merchant family in the Umbrian town of Assisi, in present-day Italy, around 1181, Francis famously renounced his family’s wealth.—
Vanessa Corcoran,
The Conversation,
2 Feb. 2026
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Through the request, Franyelis renounced her claim to seek asylum in the United States and asked Reingold to let her self-deport.—
Maeva Bambuck,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Bennett left Monday’s loss to the Sabres with an injury, Lundell had missed two games with an upper-body injury and Marchand had missed two games with an undisclosed injury.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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The partnership comes as enGEN3 joins the GK Labs ecosystem as one of its inaugural flagship projects, with GK Labs making an undisclosed seed investment into enGEN3’s current funding round.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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China has invested little in Russia’s economy, and nowhere near the amount that the West withdrew after Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.—
Alan Cullison,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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After the candidates’ names were leaked to WBEZ/Sun-Times and Chalkbeat, the process effectively ground to a halt and one of them withdrew his name.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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While current work on the development is silent, crews are only waiting for county permits to build, the developer said.—
Larry Seward,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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History has shown us time and again that meaningful change often begins when young people refuse to stay silent.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Every possible explanation that isn’t ruled out or contradicted by the already-existing data should be considered, and each hypothesis should be tested and examined as rigorously as possible.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
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In defense of California’s new map, the state’s attorneys told the court the GOP claims defied the public’s understanding of the mid-decade redistricting and contradicted the facts regarding the racial and ethnic makeup of the districts.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Unsaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsaid. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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