allude to
phrasal verb
alluded to; alluding to; alludes to
: to speak of or mention (something or someone) in an indirect way
I'm interested in hearing more about the technology you alluded to a minute ago.
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On Tuesday, Kalysha seemingly alluded to Champ's death in a post to her X account.
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Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Character Technologies alluded to these cases and troubling coverage of them in its statement on blocking underage users from chatting with their bots.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
Lots of songs in the album allude to him cheating on her.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 28 Oct. 2025
Or, maybe the six-time All-Pro truly did sign for the money, as Allen was alluding to.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Character Technologies alluded to these cases and troubling coverage of them in its statement on blocking underage users from chatting with their bots.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
Lots of songs in the album allude to him cheating on her.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 28 Oct. 2025
Or, maybe the six-time All-Pro truly did sign for the money, as Allen was alluding to.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Allude to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allude%20to. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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