implicit

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These kick in when they involve an investor from a country that holds more than 40 percent of the related global manufacturing capacity -- an implicit reference to China's dominance in those sectors.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The same access journalism — the implicit bargain in which reporters trade critical distance for proximity to power — remains.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

Prohibition currently functions as an implicit tax of staggering size.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The implicit message is that shares are undervalued at current levels.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, for example, opponents of the Constitution objected to the implicit acceptance of slavery’s persistence, represented by the three-fifths clause and the twenty-year extension of the slave trade.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis