betokening

present participle of betoken
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.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Smashing Machine even gets an A24-like CinemaScore of B-, indicating a divide among those who watched it.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2025
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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.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Gen and Val are shown enjoying a brewski in Coney Island, signifying a road to a stable family life for them.
    Andy Andersen, 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.
    Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
  • 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.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • 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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