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as in unspoken
understood although not put into words
the implicit agreement among members of the outing club is that everyone pays his or her own way on all trips
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as in confident
having or showing a mind free from doubt
members of the expedition must have implicit trust in their leaders
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as in potential
existing only as a possibility and not in fact
there's a risk implicit in any overseas operation undertaken by the military
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Recent Examples of implicit
Economists often refer to this as implicit debt, where an intergenerational imbalance causes future generations to be saddled with higher costs.
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
Its film-noir visual palette matches the melodrama implicit in its stories.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
The intrigue: Johnson and Arrington had different responses to the Senate's implicit threat.
—Marc Caputo, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
Foster isn’t immune to the appeal of an impeccable modernist box, but he has always been drawn to stories of engineering innovation that make an implicit claim about the possibility of progress.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
Its film-noir visual palette matches the melodrama implicit in its stories.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
The intrigue: Johnson and Arrington had different responses to the Senate's implicit threat.
—Marc Caputo, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
Foster isn’t immune to the appeal of an impeccable modernist box, but he has always been drawn to stories of engineering innovation that make an implicit claim about the possibility of progress.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicit
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That’s the unspoken assumption that the president will oppose any plan to build a garbage-burning facility in Doral, which consultants say is the cheapest place to build a replacement for an incinerator that used to burn nearly half of the county’s trash every day.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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But there’s no trace of dashing bravado or heroics in Elordi’s performance, which is grounded, mature and subtle in its communication of unspoken feeling.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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However, Gomes is confident that the winter moves have given the Dodgers some added adrenaline for 2025 and will offset a potential championship hangover.—
John Perrotto,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Little ‘confident’ federal roles will remain even as layoffs begin Much of Idaho’s resiliency to federal funding cuts will depend on its maintenance of a state budget surplus, Little said Tuesday.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Feb. 2025
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That charge exposed Friedmann to a potential 25 to 40 years in prison.—
Keith Sharon,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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The Swede will no doubt be keen to impress potential summer suitors on the big stage; backing him to get a couple of shots on target against a leaky defence feels comfortable at 13/10.—
Sam Tighe,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Taxpayer services workers, taxpayer advocates, and certain information technology workers are required to work through May 15 in order to be there through the tax filing season, Reuters reported.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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There are some travelers who have always been concerned about boarding an aircraft — and who practice certain rituals to help give them some peace of mind while in the air.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
Fox News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Lift one leg to the side, trying to keep your body as still as possible.—
Hilary Achauer,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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And the sonic design just, like, blows your head apart, as if to say this is the scariest part of the possible sequence — just the uncertainty of what’s happening.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2025
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Employees in startups often wear multiple hats, balancing building, managing growth, hiring and training—all while navigating an environment where much of the knowledge is tacit and resides with early employees.—
Rana Robillard,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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The announcement was striking not because of its finality but because of its tacit admission that the alter ego had reached its limits.—
Carrie Battan,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
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Car companies haven’t faced this level of challenge in their long-term product planning and engineering investment since…I’m not sure when.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Regardless of whether Congress cuts Medicaid funding this year, passing HB 2010 is the surest way to position us to accomplish those goals.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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The German coach is a positive person and relishes his team’s attitude.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Studies have shown, for example, that the brain selectively attends to positive information, and that people tend to discount negative predictions in order to maintain an optimistic bias.—
Richard A. Friedman,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Implicit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicit. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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