How to Use implicit in a Sentence
implicit
adjective- There is a sense of moral duty implicit in her writings.
- I have implicit trust in her honesty.
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Where there’s some sort of implicit prompt or prompt that sort of in the background.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2023
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So, the hope is that at least some of them would be able to overcome this implicit bias.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Aug. 2019
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So, the hope is that at least some of them would be able to overcome this implicit bias.
—John Timmer, Wired, 1 Sep. 2019
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The abs selfies—and the implicit shaming that came with them—had to stop.
—Sophie Gray, Marie Claire, 15 June 2017
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And adding to that is there's a fish out of water story that's implicit in that.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2021
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Indeed, there’s as much implicit wisdom in these pages about how to live as how to write.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
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But this aid always came with an implicit ceiling.
—Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
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Every great novel stakes an implicit claim about what a novel can and should do.
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
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Research has shown that children of color face implicit bias from a young age.
—oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2021
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Other celebrity book picks made an implicit sense.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
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Leonard said she's been learning a lot about her own implicit bias from attending the protests.
—Natalia E. Contreras, The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2020
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The threat of fires had been implicit—the conditions for them were good, as is often the case in the area.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
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Yes, and there’s this sense of doubleness that is always implicit here.
—Literary Hub, 2 July 2026
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That was the joke implicit in his code name — the idea that there were at least six more of these jokers running around the world.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2021
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But his speech offered an implicit rebuke of Shapiro’s stand.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
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The last point carries an implicit warning.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 May 2026
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This is the taunt implicit in everything Zuckerberg does at this point in his reign.
—David Roth, The New Republic, 22 Dec. 2021
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And with every record comes an implicit challenge to beat it, whatever the cost.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 6 Aug. 2020
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In Weingrod’s wood works that is always implicit — in the tree right in front of us.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2018
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The audience seemed in tune with the implicit message.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2026
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The redemption is subtle, implicit and not at odds with the drama.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
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The mystery implicit in the lyrics of the songs is important, also.
—Ralph J. Gleason, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2017
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That is true, but isn’t your dating someone like that an implicit endorsement?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
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But the foursome-style strengths were implicit in the mix, even when Griffin stayed behind his kit.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2024
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When humans speak, our words commit us in an implicit social contract.
—Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
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Thus, the visitor is able to see his or her own implicit bias in the situation.
—Wendy Moonan, Smithsonian, 1 Oct. 2019
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There is an implicit issue of equity here.
—Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026
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In the case of testing for and counteracting implicit bias, there is also still much left to be learned.
—Chas Danner, Daily Intelligencer, 16 Apr. 2018
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