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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
Distribute Leadership Formally: If management layers are reduced, explicitly redistribute leadership responsibilities through formal structures, not as implicit additional work.
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Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
That two of Washington’s closest allies would join Beijing in implicit criticism of the U.S. highlights the danger.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025
To match the implicit censoriousness of the Stanford list and similar approaches never enshrined into law, the Trump administration is resorting to out-and-out censorship.
—Suzanne Nossel, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
The desire to memorialize through statues and buildings is often paired with the impulse to alter the truth, to construct the memories that won’t fracture a community’s sense of its implicit goodness.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
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Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
That two of Washington’s closest allies would join Beijing in implicit criticism of the U.S. highlights the danger.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025
To match the implicit censoriousness of the Stanford list and similar approaches never enshrined into law, the Trump administration is resorting to out-and-out censorship.
—Suzanne Nossel, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
The desire to memorialize through statues and buildings is often paired with the impulse to alter the truth, to construct the memories that won’t fracture a community’s sense of its implicit goodness.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicit
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What to do with a passenger whose feet smell Confrontations between passengers who violate the unspoken rules of footwear and those who are having trouble breathing are never, ever easy.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The Broken Psychological Contract The psychological contract—the unspoken agreement between employers and employees about mutual commitment—has taken a serious hit.—
Julia Korn,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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And over the opening month of this season, Yamamoto’s confident mound presence has been mirrored behind the scenes, the pitcher becoming more vocal in game-planning meetings and assured in his clubhouse demeanor.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Both Roseman and Sirianni were confident that Mukuba could deliver the same blows in the NFL despite being undersized.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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National organizations representing school boards and superintendents, which have not taken a position on the books being used in Maryland, warn about the potential wider impact of a court decision agreeing with the parents.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Viral infections, blood flow blockages to the auditory nerve, and strokes are other potential causes of sudden deafness.15 What level of deafness is considered a disability?—
Heidi Cope,
Health,
20 Apr. 2025
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In the last two weeks, Trump issued an executive order directing agencies to sunset every existing energy regulation by next year and, in a separate memorandum, said those agencies may repeal certain regulations without allowing the public to weigh in.—
Nichola Groom and Valerie Volcovici,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The new rule wouldn’t apply to one-time or emergency spending, and certain expenditures would be excluded from the cap.—
Nolan McKendry | The Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Apr. 2025
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New York authorities identify possible Gilgo Beach victim known as 'Peaches' New York authorities on Wednesday announced the identity of a possible Gilgo Beach serial killer victim known as 'Peaches,' whose torso was found in a park in Lakeview, New York, in 1997.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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My Maryland street is proof of that and offers a call for states and the rest of the world to carry on the fight for climate solutions as fast as possible.—
Mike Tidwell,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Apr. 2025
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Not even Salvadorans dared visit these at night; most complied with a tacit curfew the gangs had imposed.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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So much is left tacit — are the narrator and Xavier actually having an affair?—
Joumana Khatib,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The sweat, sure, but also just the indignity of it.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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The receiver is extremely talented and has sure hands, but there are concerns about the Missouri product's maturity and character.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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One outcome of stigma exploitation is value reversal, showing that something negative can become positive.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
15 Apr. 2025
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Aided by the latest tech exemptions and a possible auto industry exemption, U.S. financial markets finished in positive ground Monday.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Implicit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicit. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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