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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
Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
From family and significant others to the cat that ate half my birthday cake last night, now is our chance to show our appreciation that often goes unsaid.
—Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 11 Feb. 2026
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
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Adjective
What’s left unsaid governs every moment, as the family seeks to keep the truth from outsiders.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
From family and significant others to the cat that ate half my birthday cake last night, now is our chance to show our appreciation that often goes unsaid.
—Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 11 Feb. 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsaid
Adjective
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Jalen Duren, Pistons (-140 to win, previously unmentioned) Duren has seen a late surge.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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In fact, save for an isolated reference to Andy Warhol, most of the prominent cultural figures of that era go unmentioned.—
Taran Dugal,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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This time, the team started the excavator’s engine, retracted its boom to shift the weight, and tried lifting again.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Mar. 2026
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Other detractors have included Juliette Binoche, Andrea Bocelli and Doja Cat — though Doja Cat later retracted her comments and admitted to using the controversy to get attention.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Drones and missiles mounted on trucks or mines could be deployed from untold numbers of small fishing boats, dhows or even pleasure craft, experts said.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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As the camera lingers on the face of the main protagonist Qihuo, and her two best friends Atnyop and Itgop, Chen reveals hidden emotions and untold feelings.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The State Department did not provide numbers for the total number of Americans who have renounced their citizenship.—
Matthew Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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The State Department did not provide numbers for the total number of Americans who have renounced their citizenship.—
Matthew Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The purchase for an undisclosed sum is meant to boost Anduril’s capabilities in space domain awareness, battle management and fire control.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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King Charles was also diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer around the same time as Middleton.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Actor Issa Rae and author Louise Penny also withdrew from appearances while consultants such as musician Ben Folds and singer Renée Fleming resigned.—
Steven Sloan,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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After the embassy contacted families, about two-thirds of the students — roughly 250 children, including around 100 Americans — withdrew from the school and returned to their home countries, according to parents and a person familiar with the investigation.—
Mark Banchereau,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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March roster-building is the draft’s silent narrator.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Police have arrested a 21-year-old man in the 2024 shooting death of a popular North Miami Beach barber, a development that came more than a year after the crime, following new information from a witness who said fear kept her silent for months.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But another woman living in the apartment contradicted her story, telling investigators that Contreras-Mujica and Castel-Orozco had fought about Contreras-Mujica’s relationship with Ramirez on the morning of the shooting, police said in the affidavit.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026
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Video of the encounter went viral and contradicted early claims by the Department of Homeland Security that Pretti had brandished a gun.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Unsaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsaid. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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