implicit
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He told BBC's 5 Live Drive that the statement "basically changes nothing" as the implicit threat of mines remain.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
That give-up would represent an implicit payment for the security imparted by the U.S. to the rest of the world.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
The implicit claim in Mr. Stein’s title is that the National League was somehow Spalding’s own league in a way it wasn’t anyone else’s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The same access journalism — the implicit bargain in which reporters trade critical distance for proximity to power — remains.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026
The rules of standard English are not legislated by a tribunal of lexicographers but emerge as an implicit consensus within a virtual community of writers, readers, and editors.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing implicit
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 1
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The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 1
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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