They are tacitly expected to work 10 hours a day. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : tacit approval. ,a tacit partner. ,a tacit prayer. From Dictionary.com.
Rather, it is to say that competent users of the term tacitly make those assumptions. From Wordnik.com. [Natural Kinds] Reference
A caveat about the word "civilization". the word tacitly, tho very clearly, says. From Wordnik.com. [Dissident Voice] Reference
Isn’t McCain tacitly admitting Obama was RIGHT about being able to withdraw troops from Iraq without it falling apart???. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » McCain falsely claims no American servicemembers have been killed or wounded in Iraq in the past three months.] Reference
I realized that he probably didn't know what "tacitly" meant. From Wordnik.com. [IKEA Delivers Couch With Missing Cushion, Insists On Replacing Entire Couch - The Consumerist] Reference
Chabon says that though he had "tacitly" approved the essay when Waldman wrote it, he was taken aback by the response it received. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Instead, he tacitly encouraged Buchanan to jump in. From Wordnik.com. ['The Body' Slams His Party] Reference
Sony has at least tacitly acknowledged the problem. From Wordnik.com. [Pow! Sony Gets Hit] Reference
Is he at least tacitly admitting that he did break NCAA rules?. From Wordnik.com. [Reggie Bush To Give Back 2005 Heisman Trophy] Reference
Even in the upper ranks homosexuality has been tacitly condoned. From Wordnik.com. [CRISIS IN THE COMMUNION] Reference
By a tacit agreement, arranged by her and as tacitly accepted by him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Larry responds by tacitly encouraging (or at least not discouraging) her behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Amy] Reference
And with both parties tainted, the politicians tacitly agreed to let the issue lie. From Wordnik.com. [S&Ls: Blaming The Media] Reference
Would you want Jews to tacitly accept the lies that bigots had projected on to them?. From Wordnik.com. [Kamran Pasha: The ADL Defames its Jewish Heritage] Reference
U.S. companies have had a long love affair with debt, and Washington has tacitly approved. From Wordnik.com. [Look at Macy's: U.S. tax code encourages companies to rack up huge debt] Reference
The more maintsream Sadrists have been tacitly allowed to operate in several Shiite areas. From Wordnik.com. [This Won’t Be The Iraq Election] Reference
President Mbeki has tacitly acknowledged a problem by restructuring the empowerment system. From Wordnik.com. [A Good Life For a Few] Reference
Others bristled at the idea that the federal government was tacitly encouraging end-of-life planning. From Wordnik.com. [Zack Cooper: The Case for End-of-Life Care Gets Stronger] Reference
As Reine had so readily granted this first favor, was she not tacitly encouraging him to ask for others?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Lula tacitly acknowledged as much late last month, when he shut down and downsized a handful of ministries. From Wordnik.com. [LULA'S TRIAL BYFIRE] Reference
It is tacitly accepted that it would be better that way, and an open society gives you scope to fight for it. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Lydon: Real India: Ashis Nandy's post-colonial "intimate enemies" (AUDIO)] Reference
He had tacitly given up his life, and would have deemed it unworthy of both to manifest a desire to regain it. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This he did, stopping at the home of Mary Nestor, a pretty girl, who, rumor had it, was tacitly engaged to Tom. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold] Reference
The first is the willingness of his external supporters to tacitly support his increasingly authoritarian regime. From Wordnik.com. [A Fragile Hold on Power] Reference
What's more, by hosting the inter-Korean summit, Pyong-yang tacitly endorsed the South Korean regime's legitimacy. From Wordnik.com. [Traveling Behind Enemy Lines] Reference
They may tacitly decide that the best way to deny the GOP the seat is to hope that Crist wins and caucuses with Dems. From Wordnik.com. [Flashback: Crist said Palin would "do a great job" as president] Reference
One towered above the others: Grand Ayatollah Sistani, a moderate who had tacitly supported the American intervention. From Wordnik.com. [OUR LAST REAL CHANCE] Reference
For us to be involved in our own financial destinies is to tacitly acknowledge that no one is going to take care of us. From Wordnik.com. [Femme Finance] Reference
On every page, he has to tacitly ask the reader to suspend not disbelief but belief, belief in what we know about the world. From Wordnik.com. [Charlie’s Company] Reference
Staff members who worried about what would happen to the patients once they left tacitly encouraged them to stay at Carville. From Wordnik.com. [The Only World They Know] Reference
But the lawmakers 'message tacitly linked donations to the committee agenda in 2011 if Republicans regain control of the House. From Wordnik.com. [Heather Taylor-Miesle: GOP: Gushing Over Polluters] Reference
In practice, it is tacitly acknowledged that there are further funds available from the national anti-terror budget if required. From Wordnik.com. [London 2012 progress report: Will Britain deliver on Olympic promises?] Reference
House leaders insist -- and Frist's aides deny -- that the Senate leadership knew about this maneuver and may have tacitly approved of it. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: President Bush's War At Home] Reference
He tacitly accepted the white regime's homeland policy when he joined the Transkei Defense Force in 1976, rising quickly through the ranks. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Son' Also Rises] Reference
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