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Recent Examples of tacit Amazon made a tacit acknowledgement of the uncertain economic climate, offering guidance in its quarterly earnings report that fell short of Wall Street expectations. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 1 May 2025 For a no-hitter or perfect game, there’s a tacit understanding that no one should speak to the pitcher. Zack Meisel, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 McGee gets Vance’s tacit approval to work toward bringing down Deputy Director LaRoche. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025 The president enjoyed the direct and tacit endorsement of many of America's most influential business leaders prior to his inauguration. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tacit
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Adjective
  • 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
  • The game was governed by specific rules, unspoken etiquette, superstitions, and a complicated scoring system.
    Nicole Wong, Vogue, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • That effort has also involved working to build student-teacher relationships, offering alternative forms of discipline, training educators on implicit bias implicit-bias and using restorative-justice coaches to help improve conflict resolution.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
  • Uncovering implicit expertise through historical data analysis, revealing hidden strengths.
    Pramod Konandur Prabhakar, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025

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“Tacit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacit. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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