as in unmentioned
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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
Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Secrets, omissions, things left unsaid.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Feb. 2026
This is a relationship that’s all about the small moments and what’s left unsaid, which is tricky to compellingly execute on film.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
What’s left unsaid governs every moment, as the family seeks to keep the truth from outsiders.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Even in Repetition, however, so much remains unsaid—not to protect the parents, but to protect the self.
—Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Secrets, omissions, things left unsaid.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Feb. 2026
This is a relationship that’s all about the small moments and what’s left unsaid, which is tricky to compellingly execute on film.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
What’s left unsaid governs every moment, as the family seeks to keep the truth from outsiders.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsaid
Adjective
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Both the fake doctors on social media and the FDA warning went unmentioned in the NYT piece.—
Maggie Harrison Dupré,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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That feat went unmentioned, as much of the press conference was devoted to talking about the risky weekend rescue mission.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Author Michael Wolff said last year that Epstein played a role in introducing the couple in a Daily Beast article that was later retracted.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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John Vahlenkamp, one of the editors who retracted the story, declined to comment on his investigation into Morganroth’s work or her tenure in Boulder.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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During the Projeto Paradiso National Talent Meeting, many young filmmakers have voiced their desires to bring untold stories to the big screen and continue to expand a plural idea of Brazilianness through cinema internationally.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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That capability would allow adversaries to cryptographically impersonate an untold number of websites, email servers, and digital signing systems.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Images Japan renounced war under Article 9 of its post-World War II pacifist constitution.—
Sam Meredith,Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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President Ahmed al-Sharaa is a one-time al-Qaeda commander who renounced the ideology before taking power.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The officer was taken to a nearby hospital with undisclosed injuries.—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Apr. 2026
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Then, in 2024, both King Charles and Kate Middleton announced that they had been diagnosed with undisclosed forms of cancer and were receiving treatment.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Hyo Joo Kim withdrew before the round after opening with a 68.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Recently, a developer withdrew a request to rezone a property for a potential data center campus due to a lack of support from Yorkville’s City Council, and the city’s mayor has since indicated future projects are unlikely to secure city approval going forward.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Republican members also remained silent, with the exception of Chairman Charlie Geren of Fort Worth, who called for the vote.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Behind bars, Jeffs ordered his followers to no longer marry or have children and later became increasingly silent, paving the way for Bateman to assert himself as his heir.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Other research has contradicted Reich’s findings.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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But, as is often the case amid the chaos of a violent act, the eyewitness statements sometimes contradicted each other.—
Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Unsaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsaid. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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