bespeak

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as in to book
to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use bespoke the rental car weeks in advance of their trip

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as in to indicate
to serve as a sign or symptom of her impressive virtuosity as a pianist bespeaks years of diligent practice

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Recent Examples on the Web Its level — a market value of $2.4 trillion, a dividend yield of 0.04%, a PE ratio of 58 — bespeaks a market of astonishing optimism, pricing in breakneck future growth. Felix Salmon, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024 Her own story bespeaks an iron-willed mind that won’t quit: Now 75, Breillat soldiered on after a stroke in 2004 that left her partly paralyzed and contributed to the 10-year gap since her last project. Nicolas Rapold, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024 His post-electoral remarks bespoke a magnanimity and forward-looking resolve atypical of politicians. Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024 The image bespeaks a cultured people resisting barbarism as much as the old photo of the imperturbably English book browsers in a roofless building. Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bespeak 

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“Bespeak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bespeak. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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