alluded

verb

past tense of allude
as in indicated
to convey an idea indirectly Mrs. Simons alluded to some health problems, without being specific

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Recent Examples of alluded More broadly speaking, analysts have pointed to Disney spending closer to $28 billion on content in 2019, which would make 2026’s expected $24 billion spend a decrease, not the increase to which Delrahim alluded. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026 As Goldman alluded, ABC has The Bachelor on tap for midseason and Bachelor in Paradise for summer 2027. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 May 2026 The situation to which Deeds so gravely alluded is the all-out redistricting war that Republicans started last summer in Texas. — Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026 As Brunson alluded, everyone feels better when shots go in. — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026 McCullers alluded at times last year to gauging how to use his repertoire against hitters after his hiatus. — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2026 As Jones alluded, the Cowboys did do a lot last offseason. — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026 His seat is scorching hot, but don’t expect the Cowboys to make a swift decision on his future after Schottenheimer alluded on Sunday to a 10-to-12-day timeline to go through post-season evaluations. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Jan. 2026 As Spade's joke alluded, the box office yield of Vampire in Brooklyn was a sharp drop from Murphy's earlier successes, grossing just under $20 million. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alluded
  1. indicated
  2. implied
  3. hinted
  4. suggested
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  • In the press release announcing its acquisition of Asembia, Peak Rock executives indicated this wouldn’t be their last deal in the specialty pharmacy space.
    — Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • An initial, publicly available dispatch call indicated someone at the scene was unconscious.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Definition of indicated
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  • Iran has not directly claimed responsibility for the attacks, but has implied involvement.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 7 July 2026
  • The federations have implied, not without justification, that the decision was tainted.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Definition of implied
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  • In that lyricism is an alternative totality that Adnan lived, hinted by the entirety of the quote from which the book takes its title.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • Cloud infrastructure has proven to be highly lucrative for hyperscaler peers Amazon, Microsoft and Google, and Zuckerberg has hinted of late that Meta could be headed in that direction.
    — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Definition of hinted
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  • Colorado regulators who recently began a formal rulemaking process had suggested a state-level minimum of three hours of nursing care per resident.
    — Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 5 July 2026
  • Previous studies suggested that dielectric screening plays an important role, but structural distortions and screening effects remained so intertwined that they could not be cleanly separated.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
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