it's tacitly understood

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

A daily swim in the sea is de rigueur in towns like Torekov, and it's tacitly understood that those who mosey down to the sea for their brisk morning swim in their bathrobes are those fortunate enough to own a house in town.

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.

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.

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.

Just over a year later, following the threat of sanctions, China signed landmark deals with the US and then the UK, agreeing not to conduct or support hacking and intellectual property theft for commercial gain; it was tacitly understood that old-school nation-state spying was still on the cards.

The United Front had always been precarious, and it had been tacitly understood by both the Nationalists and Communists that they would cooperate only until Japan had been defeated; until then, neither side could afford to seem to pursue internal aims at the cost of the national struggle.

Steve's initial point is tacitly understood by political scientists: the South voted for the Democratic Party for nearly a century as a consequence of Lincoln's Republican Party and Reconstruction.

By allowing the Treasury to make loans to, or invest in, the companies, Congress made explicit what had always been tacitly understood: that it stood four-square behind the two agencies, even though they have private shareholders and managers paid like Wall Street barons.

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.