as in unspoken
understood although not put into words
we have a tacit agreement that if I wash the dishes, she dries them and puts them away
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Recent Examples of tacit
But the journey to genuine mastery remains dependent on experience, context, and tacit knowledge.
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Vodolazkin has become a master at using his own life and identity to offer tacit support to this belief.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
The Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) is trying to bring in 334 new staff – a tacit acknowledgement that the previous cuts did serious harm to the office's ability to do its work.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 14 May 2026
The move is another tacit acknowledgment that taxing imports raises costs for shoppers.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 11 May 2026
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Vodolazkin has become a master at using his own life and identity to offer tacit support to this belief.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
The Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) is trying to bring in 334 new staff – a tacit acknowledgement that the previous cuts did serious harm to the office's ability to do its work.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 14 May 2026
The move is another tacit acknowledgment that taxing imports raises costs for shoppers.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 11 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for tacit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tacit
Adjective
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Heightened scrutiny and unspoken expectations that women leaders face in the workplace may play a role as well.—
Liz Elting,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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A lot of it is unspoken science, too.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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During the trial, to prove implied malice, prosecutors presented evidence of Grossman’s history of speeding.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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The first one is passive—where decisions get delayed, expectations are murky, implied and unspoken.—
Susan Parsons,
Forbes.com,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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These systems, which are often invisible and frequently implicit, are only as effective as their usability.—
Joseph Andrew,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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How the stock trades in its first weeks will ripple across private markets, impacting valuation benchmarks for Anthropic and OpenAI, rearranging Silicon Valley’s implicit venture-fund hierarchies, and determining how much mainstream capital other space-tech companies can attract in SpaceX’s wake.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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“Tacit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacit. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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