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unwritten rule
noun as in custom
Strong matches
noun as in doctrine
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in rule of thumb
Strongest match
Weak match
Example Sentences
Wall Street has a hard-fast unwritten rule about compensation: Don't ask, don't tell.
The unwritten rule of luxury goods marketing is to rise above the messiness of the moment.
The unwritten rule of the prison camp is, whatever one gets the rest all share it, so they were disappointed too.
This was not a decision adopted to meet the special case in hand, but rather an unwritten rule of the community.
Mund halten (keep your mouth shut) is the unwritten rule, and every one seems to observe it strictly.
It is part of the unwritten rule of circus business to ignore fear and panic.
I found, later on, that there is another unwritten rule, but I think that belongs solely to the West.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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