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 Senate sergeant at arms also issued a notice to congressional staff informing them of the investigation.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
In an interview, Freja Day, the brand’s chief executive officer, said menswear has been part of Soeur’s creative language since the beginning, informing its approach to clothing and silhouette.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of informing

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According to Bowles, some NAACP representatives discussed encouraging campus protests or advising families against enrolling their children at FIU.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
Solomon Rivera left a $272,000-a-year job advising Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass this year.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of advising

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Kingston, a sixth-round pick of the 49ers in 2024, played well filling in for Saviianaea in the second half of the Bengals game.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
In addition to filling in Balaban’s gaps with a tedious litany of mathematical steps, the agents also made some genuine innovations.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of filling in

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That is the moment measured GDP starts catching up to reality.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
For a woman weighing a cold plunge membership against a sauna pass, the clinical conversation is finally catching up to what the body may already be signaling.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of catching up

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And even nontechnical employees have personal agents monitoring their email and calendars, sending to-do lists compiled from messages, and briefing them on the purpose of their upcoming meetings.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
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

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