implicit

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

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

The implicit assumption is that earnings are driven primarily by procurement wins and geopolitical events.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

And it carried an implicit warning: If America ever ceases to be as Hilda—godly, uncompromising, moral, dutiful and good—the moss-covered lassitude of Hawthorne’s Rome awaits us too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

As with the regulatory approach, investors and executives are insulated from catastrophic losses through explicit or implicit government protection.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

The school’s long-term goals for students were implicit in what teachers never bothered to teach.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden