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
A couple of blow downs gave unspoken evidence that no one, at least in a vehicle, had passed this way for a long time.
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Joel M. Vance, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
Her journey echoes a truth for many that’s left unspoken.
—Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
From learning how to order a pint to the unspoken rules of sharing your snacks, Britain’s pub culture is full of charming traditions and surprising customs.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Shared resources, intimate interactions, and unspoken bonds intensify.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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Joel M. Vance, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
Her journey echoes a truth for many that’s left unspoken.
—Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
From learning how to order a pint to the unspoken rules of sharing your snacks, Britain’s pub culture is full of charming traditions and surprising customs.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Shared resources, intimate interactions, and unspoken bonds intensify.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspoken
Adjective
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Even that feels like a tacit acknowledgement of how long ago season four aired.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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In the past two decades, self-expression has become a tacit expectation in many white-collar workplaces, with dress codes relaxing and companies professing interest in their employees’ lives and values.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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But the confluence of events has given rise to an implicit and at times explicit messianic complex in GOP politics; that God is exclusively working through one party and one person and one nation.—
Abby McCloskey,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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In that context, a cop asking whether Marissa personally walked Milo into school that morning comes across as both a perfectly reasonable effort to establish a detailed timeline of the boy’s day, and an implicit rebuke of Marissa for merely dropping him off out front.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Unspoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspoken. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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