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Recent Examples of tacit The current government relies on the tacit blessing of Marine Le Pen’s far-right party, which effectively has veto power in the parliament. Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 That female hosts have come to dominate this space means that their tacit approval can make a once-sketchy celeb gentler, if not harmless. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 May 2025 Specifically, Bechtel believes that a tacit agreement worked into trade negotiations with China could drag the USD down 15%. Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 28 May 2025 On the global stage, Musk is striking deals and gaining approval to operate in foreign jurisdictions, often with the tacit or explicit support of the Trump administration. John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tacit
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Adjective
  • From hearing the unspoken truth in your customers’ stories.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • It is also tied with the unspoken etiquette rule of not upstaging the bride.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Where The Balance Breaks Most personalization engines operate on long-term identity signals: profile data, behavioral history and implicit inference.
    Shiva Chandrashekher, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • But even this comes with implicit understanding that home might be less a place than a quality of connection.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 30 June 2025

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“Tacit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacit. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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