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

“If his unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it,” said Bresnitz, who retired from Merck and has consulted for vaccine manufacturers.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025

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

Harold Shipman changed an "unstated norm" around end of life care, veteran Tory Sir David Davis said during a parliamentary debate on assisted dying.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2024

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