When the first professional league was formed four years later, it had no written rule barring black players, but it was tacitly understood that they were not welcome.
There were no nets, no lights and no scoreboard, but the rules were tacitly understood.
Knowledge comes from understanding the context of information, seeing it in practice and learning the things that are tacitly understood but rarely stated.
When I hopped on a red-eye flight at a moment's notice because it was clear she needed to go to the famous cancer centre's urgent care unit but didn't want my father to take her, my presence was tacitly understood as a polarising force.
The slow amelioration of inequality was tacitly understood as a collective purpose, shared by all political parties.
Mr. Rosenfield wrote: "It was tacitly understood by me (and Leonard) that I was to give the watch back at the end of the evening, and I did.
From the first moment of the first meeting in the Foreign Ministry, the diplomat said, all discussions were held in English, and it was tacitly understood that the American letter saying "sorry" would be offered only in English.
It was at this point that Mr. Zakharov began to verge over the boundaries of what some officials call the "rules of the game" as they are tacitly understood by American and Soviet intelligence services.
To attend an Andrea Marcovicci cabaret show is to participate in a communal rite in which it is tacitly understood — at least during the duration of the performance — that nothing today can match the magic and romance of old Hollywood and Broadway.
It is tacitly understood by everyone that this journey may be the last trip undertaken by Emilia, who suffers from various geriatric ailments, including high blood pressure, for which she refuses to take medication.
This was tacitly understood, considering Irving's ability to create for himself off the dribble, and the fact he's never ranked higher than 13th among point guards in assists per game.
