as in unspoken
understood although not put into words
an implied agreement is not legally enforceable
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as in indicated
to convey an idea indirectly
they may have implied that they'd help, but they didn't actually say so
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Recent Examples of implied
Dan Walters, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
In the Christian version, a quid pro quo balance seems implied.
—Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
The third objective—curbing migration—has been less explicit but is clearly implied.
—Javier Corrales, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
Like many managers, Amorim professes not to read, listen or consume opinions on his side’s performances, but his reference to Neville implied others within the club do, and are too sensitive to such criticism.
—Mark Critchley, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
In its transcendence and purity, Pereira’s museum implied an indifference to the social concerns that had, for instance, informed Bo Bardi’s creation of MASP.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
Although Shirley’s video implied the day care was empty, several of the violations noted in that report involved overcrowding, with too many children in some rooms and too few adults supervising them.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
The best-case scenario, the staffer’s email implied, was for speeds to be high on survey day.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 21 Dec. 2025
Contrary to what some critics of Heritage have implied, no Qatari foreign agents reported contacting Heritage staffers during that time frame either.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
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Newsom’s interview Monday on MS NOW, the cable channel beloved by Democratic politicians and activist voters, implied anew that his final year as governor will be dominated by his all-but-certain bid for the White House in 2028.
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Many TikTok users saw their own experiences reflected in the quiet moment, recognizing grief in its most unspoken form.—
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Ian Terry told me there was an immediate unspoken connection between you and him, especially after seeing who was safe after the first mission and who was not.—
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Cells with brighter glow indicated stronger activity.—
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The San Francisco Chronicle reported that additional court records indicated that Victoria was in the middle of a 14-day involuntary psychiatric hold at the time of her father's conservatorship petition.—
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However, ethical leadership requires a clear boundary between policy disagreement and the normalization — or tacit justification — of violence.—
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Fine has recently drawn scrutiny for seemingly receiving the tacit backing of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which has pressured another Jewish candidate, Bruce Leon, to leave the race, according to Leon.—
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SwitchBot has hinted that many key features will require a subscription, which puts it in line with competing AI wearables.—
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The Panthers hinted on Wednesday that Newton would be the one to hit the Keep Pounding drum pregame, something fans have clamored for all week.—
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Whren’s most fundamental error was the Court’s implicit assumption that malicious intent by law-enforcement officers was a rare subset of justified traffic stops.—
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Yet the implicit presence of ‘The Whitsun Weddings,’ the precise dating of István’s wall-punching to the Pentecost weekend—these things tell us that while the prose may be on starvation rations, the novel itself is not.—
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Speaking to reporters in Shanghai after his meeting with Xi, Lee suggested that South Korea will not get involved with the dispute anytime soon.—
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Yorgos suggested Bugonia, which comes from an obscure Greek myth about a colony of bees that arises from the corpse of a cow.—
Cite this Entry
“Implied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implied. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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