unstated
Britishadjective
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Take an area in which the unstated rejection of just-war theory has made it difficult to notice moral distinctions in how wars are fought.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Unknown to Wolf, Reubens, who sat for 40 hours of interviews before withdrawing from the project for unstated reasons in the film, had been sick with a blood cancer for six years.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
Effective today it is not just a point of contention, it is a sin, to be ferreted out through rumor and whisper, to be punished by reprisals, unstated but ever present.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2025
The unstated goal has been to delay a moment of final legal reckoning for as long as possible.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2024
It would explain the change in Julia, certainly, and might even explain Holmes’s sale of the pharmacy—an unstated trade: the store in exchange for Julia.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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