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the witness tried to unsay the very testimony that he had given a few days earlier
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Coupling up, especially among the straights, tends to leave a lot unsaid.
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Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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Equally intriguing though is all the context surrounding the letter, which Lennon largely leaves unsaid, or only hints at.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
Left unsaid was that Neris could no longer reach and then convert a $9 million player option for next season.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
The laughter often came as the audience mentally filled in the other half of the dialogue, which was sometimes obvious and unsaid but usually redelivered by Newhart’s character, as if for emphasis.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 July 2024
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Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Editor’s picks The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
Equally intriguing though is all the context surrounding the letter, which Lennon largely leaves unsaid, or only hints at.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
Left unsaid was that Neris could no longer reach and then convert a $9 million player option for next season.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
The laughter often came as the audience mentally filled in the other half of the dialogue, which was sometimes obvious and unsaid but usually redelivered by Newhart’s character, as if for emphasis.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 July 2024
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“Unsay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsay. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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