tacitly
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While a handful of moderate dissidents are tacitly tolerated as a matter of expedience, most other heretics have been driven from the tent.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
In a final appearance before Congress in late 2008, Greenspan tacitly acknowledged the Fed’s shortcomings, saying that the unfolding crisis had left him in “shocked disbelief.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Analysts said that suggested Beijing was tacitly accepting Pyongyang's status as a nuclear-armed state.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Even the White House communications staff has tacitly admitted that something is going on, though all they will say is Trump has chronic venous insufficiency, a conveniently benign condition.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
Most laypeople and many historians assume, expressly or tacitly, that the answer is yes.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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