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
But the constant line mixing this season is a tacit admission that the Hawks haven’t surrounded him with the right pieces to compliment him.
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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
The 93-year-old Talese was one of the first guests in the door and seemed to be locked in a tacit endurance competition with Martha Stewart—both of whom outlasted the crop of twentysomethings in attendance.
—Daniel Paik, Air Mail, 29 Mar. 2025
This tacit knowledge, previously transferable only through personal mentoring, can now be scaled across the entire organization.
—Vitaliy Tymoshenko, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The change is a tacit acknowledgment of the growing tensions between the association — which represents White House correspondents from dozens of news outlets — and President Donald Trump.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
The 93-year-old Talese was one of the first guests in the door and seemed to be locked in a tacit endurance competition with Martha Stewart—both of whom outlasted the crop of twentysomethings in attendance.
—Daniel Paik, Air Mail, 29 Mar. 2025
This tacit knowledge, previously transferable only through personal mentoring, can now be scaled across the entire organization.
—Vitaliy Tymoshenko, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The change is a tacit acknowledgment of the growing tensions between the association — which represents White House correspondents from dozens of news outlets — and President Donald Trump.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Tacit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacit. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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