tacit
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Southern postmasters thus continued to withhold antislavery periodicals, with the tacit approval of Jackson protégé Kendall.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Here, too, Dolly offered her region a tacit challenge by promoting the education reading can provide and, just as importantly, the empathy it can unlock.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch's al fresco speech and news conference on a rooftop in central London on Thursday was a tacit acknowledgement that the political terms of trade have changed.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Because scientists still cannot fully explain how tacit knowledge works in humans, they also cannot translate it into a form machines can use.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Locke’s King of Siam case is one where a tacit reserve would have been appropriate, but Locke had not formulated one.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Vocabulary lists containing tacit
Lord of the Flies
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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