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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Trump did throw his tacit support behind Marko Elez returning to work for DOGE.
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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
Employees in startups often wear multiple hats, balancing building, managing growth, hiring and training—all while navigating an environment where much of the knowledge is tacit and resides with early employees.
—Rana Robillard, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The announcement was striking not because of its finality but because of its tacit admission that the alter ego had reached its limits.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
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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
Employees in startups often wear multiple hats, balancing building, managing growth, hiring and training—all while navigating an environment where much of the knowledge is tacit and resides with early employees.
—Rana Robillard, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The announcement was striking not because of its finality but because of its tacit admission that the alter ego had reached its limits.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Tacit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacit. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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