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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
Nixon’s books also included plenty of unsolicited advice – and implicit criticism – for Democratic and Republican presidents alike.
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Peter Kastor, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
Kyiv, for its part, wanted no restrictive caps on its forces and was focused on obtaining security guarantees from its Western partners—and the implicit acceptance by the Kremlin that these powers would come to Ukraine’s defense were Moscow to once again launch an attack.
—Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2025
That effort has also involved working to build student-teacher relationships, offering alternative forms of discipline, training educators on implicit bias implicit-bias and using restorative-justice coaches to help improve conflict resolution.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
Uncovering implicit expertise through historical data analysis, revealing hidden strengths.
—Pramod Konandur Prabhakar, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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Peter Kastor, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
Kyiv, for its part, wanted no restrictive caps on its forces and was focused on obtaining security guarantees from its Western partners—and the implicit acceptance by the Kremlin that these powers would come to Ukraine’s defense were Moscow to once again launch an attack.
—Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2025
That effort has also involved working to build student-teacher relationships, offering alternative forms of discipline, training educators on implicit bias implicit-bias and using restorative-justice coaches to help improve conflict resolution.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
Uncovering implicit expertise through historical data analysis, revealing hidden strengths.
—Pramod Konandur Prabhakar, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicit
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Even though reviews were weaker for this one, The rebranding away from being a Part 2 that requires homework and towards an unspoken finale seems to have worked in the new film’s favor.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
27 May 2025
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Organizations come with systems, hierarchies, and unspoken rules.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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But negative feelings are running high across all sectors; the most confident sector in April was construction, and that was down nearly 4 points from January.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Battled-hardened and confident from winning the Premier League, and on the verge of a ludicrously successful transfer window.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Analysts predict the Memorial Day weekend box office could be a bellwether for a strong summer in movie theaters, with a number of potential blockbusters yet to come.—
Dawn Chmielewski,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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The public believed this story of intentionality so completely that every shark bite was essentially a murder, and every shark a potential murderer, and the beach was the scene of a crime by a deviant monster against innocent beachgoers.—
Chris Pepin-Neff,
Scientific American,
26 May 2025
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The court also ordered the Trump administration to remove the tariffs within 10 days, including a 25% tariff on certain goods from Canada and Mexico.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
29 May 2025
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Last-minute negotiations resulted in eligibility protection for SNAP access for people with green cards, certain Cubans, and people residing in the U.S. under the Compacts of Free Association (COFA), which includes people from Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
28 May 2025
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Thursday’s Game 5 represents the necessary first step in a possible comeback, and the Knicks are favored to win.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Take extra caution when on the road or avoid driving if possible.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2025
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Ali Shamkhani, a top adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, repeated the country’s position to NBC News, and Mr. Trump shared the article on Truth Social without comment, perhaps signaling tacit approval.—
Steven Erlanger,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Many Islamists—including those in the new government—see that wording as a tacit exclusion of the Alawite, Druze, and Ismaili faiths.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2025
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Grand Canyon's a big day, for sure, but this was completely out of the blue.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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The director is a compound of desire and calculation—an artist, for sure, but an artist in a medium that requires large amounts of money from people in power.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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This is what the SAP Business Suite offers. SAP Business Data Cloud Klein and Alam also emphasized the importance of the launch of SAP Business Data Cloud in February and its positive reception from customers and partners.—
Paul Taylor,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Yet things aren’t so positive for Fields, as Zack Rosenblatt explains.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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“Implicit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicit. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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