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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Cuts to Medicaid could put House Republicans at odds with Trump, who has expressed tacit support for leaving the health-care program unharmed.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Trump’s action has been denounced by environmental groups which have long sought to enhance river flows for salmon and other species, with tacit support from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Trump did throw his tacit support behind Marko Elez returning to work for DOGE.
—Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
Though the workers would fight, there seemed to be a tacit understanding that the economic headwinds might finally be too much for Volkswagen as a strange new era dawns for Germany.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Trump’s action has been denounced by environmental groups which have long sought to enhance river flows for salmon and other species, with tacit support from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Trump did throw his tacit support behind Marko Elez returning to work for DOGE.
—Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
Though the workers would fight, there seemed to be a tacit understanding that the economic headwinds might finally be too much for Volkswagen as a strange new era dawns for Germany.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Tacit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacit. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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