unread
Example Sentences
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Raden prefers to operate at “inbox zero,” but on Friday, she has 132 unread emails, which physically pains her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
I couldn’t read another page without knowing, and those unread pages were calling to me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
And that might have been where this all ended—an unread message sinking to the bottom of my inbox—if not for an email LabCorp sent three weeks later.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
The latest messages I’ve sent to his phone are still marked "unread".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2024
On a desk in Vancouver, Barry Voight’s report predicting a landslide followed by an enormous eruption sat, unread.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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