tacit

Example Sentences

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RN was regarded as beyond the pale, so the centre-right faced hell and damnation on the few occasions it joined them in a tacit arrangement to keep out the left.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Early data show wages are increasing for AI-exposed jobs that “place a high value on a worker’s tacit knowledge and experience,” wrote J. Scott Davis, an assistant vice president in the Dallas Fed’s research department.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

And analysts have said a regional development policy pushed by Kim two years ago is tacit acknowledgement of the major disparity in conditions between the showcase capital Pyongyang and the rest of the country.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

When we play the desert island game, we do it with the tacit acknowledgement that its proposed diversions are impractical.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

This tacit reserve had never been so clearly stated before.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton