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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
Trump, then an ordinary citizen, convinced that five Black and Hispanic teenagers were guilty of raping a jogger in New York’s Central Park, bought ads in multiple newspapers calling for reinstatement of the death penalty — their execution was implicit.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2025
So the Reagan administration used diplomacy — and the implicit threat of overwhelming military and political power — to persuade its allies to participate in the devaluation of the dollar.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 2 May 2025
But chipping away at central bank independence, as Trump appears to be doing with his open criticism of the Fed chair and implicit threats of dismissal, is a historically sure way to high inflation.
—Ana Carolina Garriga, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
And that’s to say nothing of the movement’s implicit (and explicit) white-supremacist nostalgia, a grim nod to the dairy industry’s less-than-spotless past.
—HubSpot, 2 May 2025
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2025
So the Reagan administration used diplomacy — and the implicit threat of overwhelming military and political power — to persuade its allies to participate in the devaluation of the dollar.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 2 May 2025
But chipping away at central bank independence, as Trump appears to be doing with his open criticism of the Fed chair and implicit threats of dismissal, is a historically sure way to high inflation.
—Ana Carolina Garriga, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
And that’s to say nothing of the movement’s implicit (and explicit) white-supremacist nostalgia, a grim nod to the dairy industry’s less-than-spotless past.
—HubSpot, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicit
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Here are two compliments that seem generous on the surface, but may carry unspoken terms that could be conditioning you to stay small in order to stay loved.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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The game was governed by specific rules, unspoken etiquette, superstitions, and a complicated scoring system.—
Nicole Wong,
Vogue,
15 May 2025
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The Board is confident that the institutional improvements implemented over the past five years, along with those planned for the coming months – incorporating valuable recommendations from Omnia – will mitigate risks in the future.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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This date is also supported by a notice to mariners, but it should be taken as notional rather than something to be confident in.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
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The goal has been to identify potential fraud and work to prevent exploitation of vulnerable and older adult members.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Sparta Science takes it further, analyzing movement patterns to predict potential injuries among professional athletes.—
Igor Epshteyn,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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What is Valley fever? Valley fever is a lung infection caused by breathing in spores from Coccidioides, a fungus that lives in the soil and dust in certain regions of the United States and the world, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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However, while certain trends like being compliant with privacy regulations are a must to follow, the choice of others should depend on your goals and target audience.—
Roman Vrublivskyi,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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The question the film ultimately asks is whether a third way is at all possible, leading to a gripping final combat that’s much less a knockout than a bitter victory.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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But before the summer was over, the other hero of the tale would prove to be the reconciliation process that was making the legislative win possible — a process with its origins in quite a different era of relations between Congress and the president.—
Ron Elving,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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As staff defer routine thinking to AI copilots, tacit expertise — the unspoken know-how, and the meaning behind processes — atrophies.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Palestinians say the settlers operate with the tacit consent of the Israeli state, which carries out home demolitions and rarely prosecutes settlers for instances of violence against Palestinians.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 May 2025
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And that grouping of films gave me my career, for sure.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
12 May 2025
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The direction — Paul Weitz helmed the first two episodes and several additional, but not the whole thing — is less sure.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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The Celtics removed Porzingis from their injury report Saturday — a positive sign for the ailing big man — but kept him in his bench role.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
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Despite the recent diagnosis, Grunberg is maintaining a positive outlook.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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“Implicit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicit. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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