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implicit

[im-plis-it] / ɪmˈplɪs ɪt /


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“Let me reiterate: There is no soft inflation target. There is no soft implicit target. Not on this committee’s watch,” he said during his press conference on July 29.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

When cloture was created, the implicit understanding was that senators would debate to the point of satisfaction or exhaustion, then vote.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

He has a well-documented history of trafficking in conspiracy theories himself, which made his ambiguous invocation of federal involvement a kind of implicit validation to conspiracy theorists that there might be more to the story.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

This was an implicit commitment by the Fed to counteract sharp declines in the market by pumping liquidity into the economy through the mass purchase of Treasury bonds.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

I am not now speaking of the popular idea of regimenting people’s thought; I’m speaking of the implicit, almost unconscious, or pre-conscious, assumptions and ideals upon which whole nations and races act and live.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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