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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The singer-songwriter and former Dirty Projectors member cited chief executive Daniel Ek’s weapons investments—the main motive for the recent exodus—and alluded to recent online content accusing the platform of expanding its music usage rights.
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
But as Bien-Aime alluded to, a loss on Sunday could certainly change the outlook for this team for the remainder of the 2025 season.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Trump’s comment’s appeared to allude to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) fairness doctrine, abolished in 1987 in the Reagan era, which required networks with broadcast licenses to reflect different viewpoints on major issues, The Hill’s Brett Samuels reports.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
Jim is alluding to the fact that Intel’s CPUs have a big presence in enterprise data centers, a different market than the data centers operated by cloud-computing providers.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
But as Bien-Aime alluded to, a loss on Sunday could certainly change the outlook for this team for the remainder of the 2025 season.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Trump’s comment’s appeared to allude to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) fairness doctrine, abolished in 1987 in the Reagan era, which required networks with broadcast licenses to reflect different viewpoints on major issues, The Hill’s Brett Samuels reports.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
Jim is alluding to the fact that Intel’s CPUs have a big presence in enterprise data centers, a different market than the data centers operated by cloud-computing providers.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Allude to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allude%20to. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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