as in tacit
understood although not put into words
an unspoken promise to remain faithful to one another
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Recent Examples of unspoken
The editing of the finale’s closing sequence at least invited a correlation between Jimmy’s unspoken discovery regarding Parker’s mother’s death certificate and the discovery of Roman’s dead body.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 May 2025
The days before the storied conclave May 7 at the Vatican are not idle, and an unspoken selection process is already underway amid whispers in corridors and cafes throughout Rome and other cities in Italy.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 3 May 2025
In many organizations, there’s an unspoken perception that time spent chatting—especially in remote settings—equates to being unproductive.
—Toyna Chin, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
But that’s another unpleasant truth that is best left unspoken.
—The Editors, National Review, 24 Apr. 2025
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 May 2025
The days before the storied conclave May 7 at the Vatican are not idle, and an unspoken selection process is already underway amid whispers in corridors and cafes throughout Rome and other cities in Italy.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 3 May 2025
In many organizations, there’s an unspoken perception that time spent chatting—especially in remote settings—equates to being unproductive.
—Toyna Chin, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
But that’s another unpleasant truth that is best left unspoken.
—The Editors, National Review, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspoken
Adjective
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Ali Shamkhani, a top adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, repeated the country’s position to NBC News, and Mr. Trump shared the article on Truth Social without comment, perhaps signaling tacit approval.—
Steven Erlanger,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Many Islamists—including those in the new government—see that wording as a tacit exclusion of the Alawite, Druze, and Ismaili faiths.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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That effort has also involved working to build student-teacher relationships, offering alternative forms of discipline, training educators on implicit bias implicit-bias and using restorative-justice coaches to help improve conflict resolution.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
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Uncovering implicit expertise through historical data analysis, revealing hidden strengths.—
Pramod Konandur Prabhakar,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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“Unspoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspoken. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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