unwritten
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Last month, Daniel Mummolo, an attorney with the Department of Justice, pushed back during a hearing on the motion, telling Frimpong that a warrantless arrest policy “does not exist either in written or unwritten form.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
When it comes to etiquette in tennis, there are a fair few unwritten rules.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
It gives wrong answers with great confidence, and can’t draw on the human factors—judgment calls, unwritten rules and hard-won instincts—that never make it into training data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
“The thought that leads me to contemplate with dread the erasure of other voices, of unwritten novels, poems whispered or swallowed for fear of being overheard — that thought is a nightmare,” she said.
From Salon ● May 31, 2026
With all of this thought out, Bigger was still unwritten.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
