unstated
Example Sentences
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Take an area in which the unstated rejection of just-war theory has made it difficult to notice moral distinctions in how wars are fought.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
The unstated goal has been to delay a moment of final legal reckoning for as long as possible.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2024
What are its rules, both stated and unstated?
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2024
Whether this violates any parameters of their marriage is left unstated in a present-tense story that’s refreshingly uninterested in overexplaining itself, its characters and their backstories.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2023
Davis’s testimony carried with it the unstated accusation that Burnham and Baker had inflated the amount of money needed to complete the fair.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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