as in indicating
to serve as a sign or symptom of
the humor in his writing is never cruel, and betokens a warm and compassionate heart
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Currently, there is no data indicating the containment progress of the fire and its cause remains unknown.—
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Smashing Machine even gets an A24-like CinemaScore of B-, indicating a divide among those who watched it.—
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The first name on the list, Kenny Omega, was already crossed off, signifying that the first part of his plan was complete.—
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MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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Gen and Val are shown enjoying a brewski in Coney Island, signifying a road to a stable family life for them.—
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Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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By law, half of the 20,000 available scholarships are required to go to families with no income cap, meaning even those making $1 million or more could qualify.—
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Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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Eighteen nations are already guaranteed a spot in the tournament next June and July, meaning there are 30 (yes, 30) still to be decided.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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But Rieff also invokes sickness in another sense, denoting that which is morally repugnant.—
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22 Sep. 2025
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Or maybe the font is just denoting the cloistered lives of the people at this film’s center.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Betokening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betokening. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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