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
Of course, the unspoken inspiration comes from another New York fixture, the Timberland Premium 6-Inch Waterproof Boot.
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Riley Jones, Footwear News, 6 June 2026
This could be everything from obsession, jealousy, control issues and unspoken desires rising to the surface.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
Even while entire friend groups were still emotionally reeling, students say, there was often an unspoken pressure to return to normalcy quickly.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
For many, managing natural light becomes a daily unspoken frustration.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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Riley Jones, Footwear News, 6 June 2026
This could be everything from obsession, jealousy, control issues and unspoken desires rising to the surface.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
Even while entire friend groups were still emotionally reeling, students say, there was often an unspoken pressure to return to normalcy quickly.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
For many, managing natural light becomes a daily unspoken frustration.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspoken
Adjective
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North Korea is expected to use the summit to press for economic concessions, and potentially even for Beijing's tacit recognition of its nuclear status — something Russia is believed to have privately conceded, Lee added.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
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For most of the post-civil-rights era, a tacit consensus discouraged white Americans from thinking of themselves as avatars of a racial demographic.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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During the trial, to prove implied malice, prosecutors presented evidence of Grossman’s history of speeding.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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The first one is passive—where decisions get delayed, expectations are murky, implied and unspoken.—
Susan Parsons,
Forbes.com,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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These systems, which are often invisible and frequently implicit, are only as effective as their usability.—
Joseph Andrew,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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How the stock trades in its first weeks will ripple across private markets, impacting valuation benchmarks for Anthropic and OpenAI, rearranging Silicon Valley’s implicit venture-fund hierarchies, and determining how much mainstream capital other space-tech companies can attract in SpaceX’s wake.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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“Unspoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspoken. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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