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
Chelsea’s decision to recall him to that first-team squad only five months later has been perceived by many outsiders as a tacit admission of an embarrassing error of squad planning by Winstanley and Stewart, but that is not the way it is being perceived within the club’s hierarchy.
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Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Acceptance could be seen as a tacit admission of guilt or wrongdoing, validating years of attacks by Trump and his supporters, even though those who were pardoned have not been formally accused of any crimes.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Jan. 2025
And with the acceptance comes a tacit admission of guilt or wrongdoing, even though those who have been pardoned have not been formally accused of any crimes.
—Colleen Long and Zeke Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Any acceptance could be seen as a tacit admission of guilt or wrongdoing, validating years of attacks by Trump and his supporters.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
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Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Acceptance could be seen as a tacit admission of guilt or wrongdoing, validating years of attacks by Trump and his supporters, even though those who were pardoned have not been formally accused of any crimes.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Jan. 2025
And with the acceptance comes a tacit admission of guilt or wrongdoing, even though those who have been pardoned have not been formally accused of any crimes.
—Colleen Long and Zeke Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Any acceptance could be seen as a tacit admission of guilt or wrongdoing, validating years of attacks by Trump and his supporters.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Tacit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacit. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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