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
Unknown to Wolf, Reubens, who sat for 40 hours of interviews before withdrawing from the project for unstated reasons in the film, had been sick with a blood cancer for six years.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025
Away from the economics, there was also some unstated politics.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024
And all three differ from self-conscious, relativistic, ironic, or postmodern styles, in which “the writer’s chief, if unstated, concern is to escape being convicted of philosophical naivete about his own enterprise.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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