CLUING (IN) Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

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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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

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In July, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham brought the debate to the WNBA, telling ESPN trans women shouldn’t be allowed to play in the league.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026
Firms in Riyadh were telling their employees to work from home tomorrow, and people have been spooked for weeks.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of telling

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René Rossman René Rossman is a product development manager advising across all color categories at MAC Cosmetics.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
In early September, the Department of Health and Human Services hosted a three-hour event advising parents and children to live life off-screen.

— Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of advising

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At the age of sixteen, Renée was able to reunite with her parents in the United States and found employment as a comics artist, filling in for the many male artists drafted into service.

— Gaby Iori October 7, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
Raster graphics, on the other hand, create pictures by filling in a grid of tiny pixels, an approach that was less suited to drawing the crisp lines needed to create this kind of perspective.

— Mark J. P. Wolf, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of filling in

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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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