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
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.
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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
Why does the opening of a cardboard box give me tacit permission to act like a sociopath?
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
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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
Why does the opening of a cardboard box give me tacit permission to act like a sociopath?
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tacit
Adjective
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From learning how to order a pint to the unspoken rules of sharing your snacks, Britain’s pub culture is full of charming traditions and surprising customs.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Shared resources, intimate interactions, and unspoken bonds intensify.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The wider societal implications are implicit in Anniversary, if also open to interpretation in a Rorschach-test way.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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All these businesses were banking on connectivity getting better and better with every passing year — a kind of implicit determinism that reminded me of other beliefs, such as the one that house prices could only ever go up, or the one that the economy would always grow in the long run.—
Samanth Subramanian,
The Dial,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Tacit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacit. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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