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unspoken

[uhn-spoh-kuhn] / ʌnˈspoʊ kən /


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Unspoken rules like "we must see everybody" only add to the stress, as does social media pressure over what the picture-perfect Christmas Day should look like.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

Unspoken history — some Black people who live in the area call themselves “Affrilachians” — plays a big part in the novel.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

“That’s the boundary. Everything else is not,” said Carol Anderson, Emory University African American studies professor and author of ‘White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide.’

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2019

Unspoken during the earnings call was who will ultimately replace former CEO Joel Manby who left the company in February.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2018

Unspoken publicly until that moment, getting to the Moon, one of mankind’s deepest and most enduring dreams, had long been the private dream of many at Langley as well.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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