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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
When humans speak, our words commit us in an implicit social contract.
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Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
Takaichi was only guilty of making explicit what had been implicit.
—Jeff Kingston, Time, 15 Feb. 2026
Adaptive dual-attention games use implicit learning, which is an automatic acquisition of knowledge or skills without conscious awareness of what is being learned.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
While the researchers don’t know for sure why speed training showed a benefit while the other forms did not, one possibility lies in the difference between implicit and explicit learning.
—Akshay Syal, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
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Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
Takaichi was only guilty of making explicit what had been implicit.
—Jeff Kingston, Time, 15 Feb. 2026
Adaptive dual-attention games use implicit learning, which is an automatic acquisition of knowledge or skills without conscious awareness of what is being learned.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
While the researchers don’t know for sure why speed training showed a benefit while the other forms did not, one possibility lies in the difference between implicit and explicit learning.
—Akshay Syal, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicit
Adjective
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Part of being in a family is the unspoken feeling of sharing a common plight.—
Brian Barth,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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But there was an unspoken agreement that balanced this reality.—
Brian Bender,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
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Taking time to vet experience and alignment can make the transition into retirement more confident and financially secure.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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The company acknowledges that this may include some alerts that are not actually a cause for concern, but feels confident in this starting point, which can be adjusted based on future user feedback.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Technical integration work is ongoing, along with refinement of potential operational concepts.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Feb. 2026
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With the scale of potential job disruption AI agents could cause, Cherny repeated a common refrain used by Anthropic leaders.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Greece temporarily suspended asylum claims from migrants arriving via the Libya route for three months, scrapped certain amnesty provisions and introduced mandatory imprisonment for asylum seekers whose claims are rejected.—
LEFTERIS PITARAKIS,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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Historically, their focus has largely revolved around local fixes aimed at requiring companies to sell off certain cable/TV assets in certain territories where there’s not much competition.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Feb. 2026
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Those signals are used to get as close as possible to victims, when probe poles are then used to locate them in the snow, Rice said.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Sun Princess has 30 restaurants and bars, so describing each in detail isn’t possible here.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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The human analogue is called tacit knowledge.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Expertise is unevenly distributed and often tacit rather than codified.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The episode began with Mark Ballas being murdered in front of the group and having to awkwardly lie down in a coffin surrounded by a ring of fire, because sure, why not?—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Feb. 2026
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Going back to the basics of greenhouse design is a sure way to create a timeless look.—
Shagun Khare,
Martha Stewart,
26 Feb. 2026
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After suffering defeat in the north London derby on his debut as Tottenham Hotspur interim manager, Igor Tudor must find a way to get a positive reaction out of his new players at Craven Cottage this Sunday.—
Graham Ruthven,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Last year, Scouting America President and CEO Roger Krone acknowledged some backlash to the rebrand but described the overall response as a positive one that generated wider interest.—
Jamie Stengle,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Implicit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicit. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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