tacit agreement
Example Sentences
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Ticketmaster profited from the allegedly illegal tactics and the "tacit agreement" with brokers, regulators said.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
Inherently, any twist ending is a violation of our tacit agreement with a movie — we thought the film was playing straight with us, and then at the last moment, we discover we’ve been duped.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2024
These 19th-century whalers collected the bulk of the carcass, but the orcas would eat the baleen whales’ tongue through the lower jaw, a tacit agreement known as the “law of the tongue,” Reeves says.
From Scientific American • Apr. 11, 2023
The tacit agreement also means that the major parties typically ensure both religions are represented on their presidential ticket.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023
She rarely talks about the guys she dates; it must be some tacit agreement she has with my mother.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
