unwritten
Example Sentences
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“Smoglandia” is a great California yarn, and one with the ending still unwritten.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The High North has long been shielded by the concept of "Arctic exceptionalism" -- the notion that the region had its own set of unwritten rules of cooperation which were immune to geopolitical rivalries.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Finding what’s unwritten, tricks of the trade, and the view of the constantly changing competitive landscape will create new winners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
It might also help to ask your colleagues if there is an unwritten dress code.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026
It is gradually reassuming a role it had for thousands of years: a free-flowing, unwritten, spontaneous, aural tradition based entirely on the lives, loves, hopes and fears of ordinary people.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.