clueing (in)

verb

variants or cluing (in)
present participle of clue (in)
as in informing
to give information to would you clue him in on the plan?

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clueing (in)
  1. informing
  2. telling
  3. advising
  4. filling in
  5. catching up
  6. briefing
Verb
  • The White House press office sent letters to the news organizations on September 22, informing them of the reasons and their ability to contest the action, but that was four days after the ban was implemented.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Even her good friend Gizelle knew, and chose to gossip with Ashley instead of privately informing Tia off camera.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of informing
Verb
  • The ad also accuses his Democratic opponent, Brian Poindexter, of telling lies about him.
    — Lara Korte The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Our weak college presidents have avoided telling the truth for too long.
    — Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of telling
Verb
  • The indictment alleges that both men oversaw the dogs, with Stinson advising his son on their proper care.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Barker recalled giving a mutual guy friend some dating advice about just having fun and hooking up with women, advising him to think of dating as a sport, while trying to not get too emotionally invested.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of advising
Verb
  • On Saturday, freshman Vlad Dyakonov took center stage filling in for the injured Paige.
    — Sean Campbell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Kansas Athletics on Tuesday released tip times and television networks for the 2026-27 men’s basketball schedule, filling in details missing when the slate was announced weeks ago.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of filling in
Verb
  • There’s no question age is catching up with Yelich, who has two years left on his contract.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Recent studies have also found that China leads, or is catching up quickly, in many of these technologies.
    — DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of catching up
Verb
  • Araghchi was in the middle of briefing senior officials on these developments and the growing likelihood of conflict when the bombs started to fall.
    — Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Nvidia executives said in a media briefing that its new system could have prevented a recent incident involving a swarm of OpenAI agents that autonomously hacked into AI company Hugging Face.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of briefing
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“Clueing (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clueing%20%28in%29. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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