unwritten

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It also may have been his own ironic interpretation of the unwritten Cannes rule that men should be "en smoking" -- the French term for a black-tie dress suit.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

"There seems to have been an unwritten convention that if victims meekly surrendered their valuables, they deserved at least a small favor," he says.

From Science Daily • May 7, 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

But if the fighting in Iran stretches into a second month, heightening financial pressure on U.S. workers, the written and unwritten rules about office attendance could get put to the test.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

She was supposed to write up evaluations of her students’ progress, but she’d spent every free minute painting, and now the deadline was on her and the evaluations were unwritten.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls