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
Effective today it is not just a point of contention, it is a sin, to be ferreted out through rumor and whisper, to be punished by reprisals, unstated but ever present.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2025
The unstated goal has been to delay a moment of final legal reckoning for as long as possible.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 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
She was to have been the answer to his unstated, unacknowledged question—where was the life to counter the encroaching nonlife?
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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