implicit
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Written by the Students for a Democratic Society, the statement was an explicit call for change and an implicit admission of defeat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Darren found the implicit expectation to give as director became overwhelming.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
“The familiar concern is fiscal stability: mounting debt may become unsustainable and end in implicit or explicit default. I ask a different question,” he writes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
At the precipice of the financial crisis, the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with their implicit government guarantee and imprimatur, either securitized or guaranteed roughly half of all mortgages in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
In other words, Teller was to have no formal authority at Livermore but was granted the implicit authority to direct its thermonuclear research program as he saw fit.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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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