unwritten agreement

Example Sentences

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If Jobs felt Apple had an unwritten agreement with users to stay out of their lives and safeguard their information, Cook made privacy a centerpiece of his strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

For Monk-Payton, that expectation functions almost like an unwritten agreement between a show and its viewers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

For decades the governments in Beijing and Taipei had an unwritten agreement not to stray across a median line that divides the 110-mile-wide strait between them.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

That would be in keeping with an unwritten agreement where power alternates between the largely Muslim north and mostly Christian south.

From Reuters • Jun. 6, 2022

By an unwritten agreement, the roof belonged to the people who lived on the top floor as the yard belonged to the people who lived on the first floor.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith