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
Netflix’s decision to offer this role as fully remote is a tacit endorsement of the idea that remote work isn’t just a perk, but a business strategy to attract top talent.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Any sense of safety that once existed in the Qatari capital – a longtime haven for Hamas officials, with the tacit agreement of the US and Israel – has now been shattered.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, undergoing surgery is considered tacit acceptance of that price as a baseline.
—Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
The former presidential candidate’s tacit endorsement of Mamdani comes as his mayoral bid has divided the party’s leaders, with some still withholding the endorsement of the nominee.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Any sense of safety that once existed in the Qatari capital – a longtime haven for Hamas officials, with the tacit agreement of the US and Israel – has now been shattered.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, undergoing surgery is considered tacit acceptance of that price as a baseline.
—Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
The former presidential candidate’s tacit endorsement of Mamdani comes as his mayoral bid has divided the party’s leaders, with some still withholding the endorsement of the nominee.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tacit
Adjective
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Pretty damn s*** was the unspoken reply.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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A couple of blow downs gave unspoken evidence that no one, at least in a vehicle, had passed this way for a long time.—
Joel M. Vance,
Outdoor Life,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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What seemed novel to me was the idea of using it sincerely, quietly, without the implicit mockery of gender categories.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Zero-trust architecture, a strategy that abandons implicit trust and requires continuous verification, will help redefine security by assuming all users and devices are potential threats.—
Jason Phillips,
jsonline.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Tacit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacit. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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