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as in unspoken
understood although not put into words
the implicit agreement among members of the outing club is that everyone pays his or her own way on all trips
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as in confident
having or showing a mind free from doubt
members of the expedition must have implicit trust in their leaders
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as in potential
existing only as a possibility and not in fact
there's a risk implicit in any overseas operation undertaken by the military
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Recent Examples of implicit
The implicit premise in all of this is: more health insurance means more health care and less health insurance means less health care.
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John C. Goodman, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Where The Balance Breaks Most personalization engines operate on long-term identity signals: profile data, behavioral history and implicit inference.
—Shiva Chandrashekher, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
But even this comes with implicit understanding that home might be less a place than a quality of connection.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 30 June 2025
About the invisibility of Palestinians and indigenous peoples in this culture that makes such an invitation, with all its implicit lies and violence, unremarkable.
—Cindy Juyoung Ok
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
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John C. Goodman, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Where The Balance Breaks Most personalization engines operate on long-term identity signals: profile data, behavioral history and implicit inference.
—Shiva Chandrashekher, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
But even this comes with implicit understanding that home might be less a place than a quality of connection.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 30 June 2025
About the invisibility of Palestinians and indigenous peoples in this culture that makes such an invitation, with all its implicit lies and violence, unremarkable.
—Cindy Juyoung Ok
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicit
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These small, unspoken acts allow the body to remember safety and the heart to remember closeness.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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An unspoken serenity is all that can be found in this Swiss-French paradise.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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Blackburn is confident the state will boost warning systems soon, but said that turning the tide on land use regulations could take years.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
1 Aug. 2025
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That's an unfortunate update, considering Dallas's Executive Vice President Stephen Jones recently dropped a confident statement on the state of Revel's recovery.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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In both cases, the lawmakers aren't directly opposing Trump, but the two pieces of legislation signal potential disagreement with some of his administration's decisions.—
Kaitlin Lange,
IndyStar,
26 July 2025
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Walker, who was governor from 2011 to 2019 when Democratic Gov. Tony Evers defeated his bid for a third term, has made a series of posts on X signaling interest in a potential new bid for the governor.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
26 July 2025
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Keep in mind that buckwheat can cause allergic reactions in certain people (especially in Asian countries), particularly if eaten frequently or in large amounts.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
15 July 2025
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A number of Republicans that represent states with rural communities -- such as Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mike Rounds of South Dakota -- have expressed concerns about cuts to public broadcasting that could affect the ability of certain communities to access emergency alerts.—
Allison Pecorin,
ABC News,
14 July 2025
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That would be possible because access from Lincoln Memorial Drive to and from I-794 would be shifted southward.—
Tom Daykin,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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The overriding theme was that an often dominant team in the regular season rolled into the playoffs and suddenly lost its form and identity at the worst possible time.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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The same is true for organizations, reinforcing those choices with guiding principles to make tacit agreements explicit and easier to follow.—
George Bradt,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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At Trump’s inauguration, Silicon Valley’s most powerful executives stood behind him, offering a tacit show of support for his administration.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
22 July 2025
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Right now, that seems sure to be the date to mark in your calendar.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Rina’s mother, a high school art teacher, splurged to send her daughter to a week of robotics camp one summer, but beyond that their middle-class family wasn’t sure how to pay for or expand their daughter’s mechanical interests.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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This incident comes after her previous legal troubles, including a positive marijuana test at the 2021 U.S. Olympic trials that prevented her from competing at the Tokyo Olympics.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Aug. 2025
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Eyes of Wakanda has made it to enough critics to gather eight reviews, all of which are positive, to give it a 100% score.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Implicit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicit. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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