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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Bono also alluded to the current challenges confronting America. Paul Grein, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025 The cars — which will sit in 20 feet of water in a line to represent traffic jams that are all too routine in South Florida — allude to both our car-centric culture and the risks of climate change, said Ximena Caminos, founder and artistic director of REEFLINE. Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025 But that case was different than what Kiffin was alluding to with Oklahoma, as the Wolverines were caught using impermissible in-person scouting to find the hand signals via former staffer Connor Stalions. Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025 Lewton's pictures always operate on a psychological level, and his films rely more times than not on the viewers' imaginations to conjure up the terrors being alluded to on screen. Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for allude to

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“Allude to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allude%20to. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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