as in oral
made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing
an unwritten contract may not be enforceable
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Recent Examples of unwritten
Brazile, a current ABC News contributor, added that Biden stayed relatively quiet during Trump's first 100 days in office this term, honoring an unwritten presidential tradition, and stressed that Biden deserves a platform.
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Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 9 May 2025
But outside this structure, the grove’s true guardians are an unwritten set of taboos and spiritual obligations that forbid logging, hunting, or harming any living thing within its boundaries, explains Alao Eniafe, a local chief in the community, in a text message to The Christian Science Monitor.
—Ogar Monday, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025
There is, however, one unwritten rule: a pontiff can’t take the name of Peter, out of deference to St. Peter, who is traditionally known as the Catholic Church’s first pope.
—George Petras, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Aggression arises from desperation, and from violations of unwritten codes.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 9 May 2025
But outside this structure, the grove’s true guardians are an unwritten set of taboos and spiritual obligations that forbid logging, hunting, or harming any living thing within its boundaries, explains Alao Eniafe, a local chief in the community, in a text message to The Christian Science Monitor.
—Ogar Monday, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025
There is, however, one unwritten rule: a pontiff can’t take the name of Peter, out of deference to St. Peter, who is traditionally known as the Catholic Church’s first pope.
—George Petras, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Aggression arises from desperation, and from violations of unwritten codes.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwritten
Adjective
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The ruling comes ahead of a June 30 oral argument in a related case before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas, where Judge James Ho, a Trump appointee, previously criticized the Supreme Court for punting the matter back to his court.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
7 June 2025
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The Supreme Court agrees to hear the Justice Department's appeal of the 9th Circuit ruling, leading to oral arguments.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Witness his absolutely brutal verbal beatdown of a former scream queen in the clip below.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
13 June 2025
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The latter quarterback will get a third shot with the Jets, while Wilson ended up in New York and received a verbal commitment to become the starting QB for the Giants in 2025.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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Amazingly, there was virtually zero lag between spoken words and displayed text.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Lansky is under no illusion that Yiddish will be revived as a spoken language outside of the haredi Orthodox community.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
9 June 2025
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“Unwritten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwritten. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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