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
At Trump’s inauguration, Silicon Valley’s most powerful executives stood behind him, offering a tacit show of support for his administration.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 July 2025
The opt out by Robinson took the Heat off the hook for the $10 million guarantee to the 31-year-old guard for the coming season, with the tacit agreement for a landing spot elsewhere initially moving the Heat below the 2025-26 luxury tax.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
The tacit knowledge of how your specific AI implementations behave under various conditions becomes as valuable as any proprietary algorithm.
—Andrew Mawson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
In contrast with tacit or implicit knowledge, explicit knowledge is codified and articulated.
—Stephen Diorio, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 July 2025
The opt out by Robinson took the Heat off the hook for the $10 million guarantee to the 31-year-old guard for the coming season, with the tacit agreement for a landing spot elsewhere initially moving the Heat below the 2025-26 luxury tax.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
The tacit knowledge of how your specific AI implementations behave under various conditions becomes as valuable as any proprietary algorithm.
—Andrew Mawson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
In contrast with tacit or implicit knowledge, explicit knowledge is codified and articulated.
—Stephen Diorio, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tacit
Adjective
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As the sun enters Virgo on Aug. 22, your communication style and ongoing conversations will be put to the test, especially once the sun squares Uranus in your 12th house, bringing old, unspoken thoughts and feelings to the surface.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Everyone’s wrestling with the same unspoken questions.—
Tom Roberts,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The type of good faith and vulnerability implicit in true, glorious competition can seem a snide punchline these days.—
Lindsey Witmer Collins,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The idea that the Duke is so much better than someone like George, there is an implicit critique there of what George has built.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Tacit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacit. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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