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
Further, knowledge is distributed and often tacit, so can’t easily be bundled into one AI mind.
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Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
That brings with it the tacit threat of fracturing the single thing the NCAA does best — the basketball tournament.
—Eddie Pells, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Doctoral scientists represent a decade or more of training; tacit laboratory knowledge lives in working research groups, not in documents.
—Caroline Wagner, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
Critics have voiced concern that Leo’s decision to visit Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, both governed by long-serving leaders who maintain tight control over the Central African nations, has given tacit approval to authoritarian regimes.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
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Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
That brings with it the tacit threat of fracturing the single thing the NCAA does best — the basketball tournament.
—Eddie Pells, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Doctoral scientists represent a decade or more of training; tacit laboratory knowledge lives in working research groups, not in documents.
—Caroline Wagner, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
Critics have voiced concern that Leo’s decision to visit Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, both governed by long-serving leaders who maintain tight control over the Central African nations, has given tacit approval to authoritarian regimes.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tacit
Adjective
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Its wearer was the tech entrepreneur Yu-Chi Lyra Kuo (trickle-down evidence of the gala’s unspoken Silicon Valley subtheme).—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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The two have since built an unspoken connection, each knowing when the other is feeling especially bogged down by the conflict.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
13 May 2026
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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
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Most companies end up using Excel and other offline workflows, which is an implicit admission that the standard solution does not work for many.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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These morality tales, focusing on figures like Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky, make an implicit claim that individual avarice somehow explains the excesses of an entire era.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
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“Tacit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacit. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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