bespeaks

present tense third-person singular of bespeak
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as in books
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 indicates
to serve as a sign or symptom of her impressive virtuosity as a pianist bespeaks years of diligent practice

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Verb
  • Her happily married sister, Libby, is determined to change Nora’s mind, and books them a girls’ trip to the town of Sunshine Falls, the setting of a recent best seller by one of Nora’s clients.
    Karen Ostergren, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Anyone who books a service is welcome to enter Pure Elevations for free, though the spa also sells day passes for $20 for folks who just want to chill on the consumption patio.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • Despite the cemetery’s promise to fix the head solidly on the base, the picture reveals only a tiny piece of rebar that had been keeping it place.
    David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Continue reading … WORLDWIDE AGENDA – Investigation reveals multimillion-dollar lobby pushing assisted suicide to minors.
    , FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • Delhi seeks to engage whoever is in power in Afghanistan as a counterbalance to Pakistan.
    Happymon Jacob, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That pact is now broken, and as the school seeks alternative routes, several researchers worry that some of the most important science will be the fastest to fall by the wayside.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • The group's annual Halloween consumer survey for 2025 indicates 79% of consumers expect higher prices directly related to tariffs.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Research indicates that one in four women has considered leaving work during the transition, and one in ten who have worked through menopause left a job because of their symptoms.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • The Belmont Mansion in Nashville displays a rare Hermès side saddle from around 1927.
    Jennifer Brett, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
  • One interlude, in the show's final segment, displays Brandy and Monica as puppets bound up in each other’s strings.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The restaurant requests that customers wear business casual or dressy evening wear, according to the 1587 Prime website.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The museum requests that people enter through the coach-house door located off the Royall Place driveway.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • Which means the vagaries of late October are pretty familiar for this franchise and the bulk of these players.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • That means busting into the paint and kicking out from there.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • However, some research shows the divide may not be simply between rich and poor — but rather, that the benefits from these cards go to those with high credit scores at the expense of those with low credit scores.
    Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That matchup alone shows his significance to the contest.
    Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Bespeaks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bespeaks. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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