tacit

Example Sentences

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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

That was a tacit acknowledgement that in just over eight months, Americans will head to the polls in midterm elections that will determine the composition of both chambers of Congress.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 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

Jack nodded, as much for the sake of agreeing as anything, and by tacit consent they left the shelter and went toward the bathing pool.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding