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to convey an idea indirectly
kept hinting that she wouldn't mind an invitation to spend the weekend at their beach house
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Recent Examples of hinting
Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
But aside from hinting that there might be more gigs in the future, the reliably inscrutable singer did not fall for the bait of follow-up questions and left it at that.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2025
All three new objects sit in clusters weighing about 100 trillion Suns, hinting that black hole jets colliding with dense cosmic environments may be central to their formation.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
As if hinting toward the most logical endpoint of the premise, the script occasionally flirts with outright nihilism.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
From there, Towanda pressed Tamar about not wanting to film with the group, a question Tamar brushed off, hinting that her sisters already knew the reason why.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Since then, Swift has been dropping special editions of her album cover, the art heavily hinting to what the album is going to sound like.
—Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 26 Sep. 2025
Dale, who was closeted at the time of his death, leaves behind notes stashed inside his treasured first-edition books hinting that his wife (Jeanne Tripplehorn) may have had something to do with his ostensible suicide.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Wall Street climbed to fresh record highs after the Federal Reserve delivered its first interest rate cut in nine months — hinting that more reductions could be on the way.
—Benzinga, Freep.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
At the end of September, Jason admitted on another episode of their podcast that the brothers' mom, Donna Kelce, has been subtly hinting for more grandkids while talking with Coach Deion Sanders.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
But aside from hinting that there might be more gigs in the future, the reliably inscrutable singer did not fall for the bait of follow-up questions and left it at that.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2025
All three new objects sit in clusters weighing about 100 trillion Suns, hinting that black hole jets colliding with dense cosmic environments may be central to their formation.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
As if hinting toward the most logical endpoint of the premise, the script occasionally flirts with outright nihilism.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
From there, Towanda pressed Tamar about not wanting to film with the group, a question Tamar brushed off, hinting that her sisters already knew the reason why.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Since then, Swift has been dropping special editions of her album cover, the art heavily hinting to what the album is going to sound like.
—Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 26 Sep. 2025
Dale, who was closeted at the time of his death, leaves behind notes stashed inside his treasured first-edition books hinting that his wife (Jeanne Tripplehorn) may have had something to do with his ostensible suicide.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Wall Street climbed to fresh record highs after the Federal Reserve delivered its first interest rate cut in nine months — hinting that more reductions could be on the way.
—Benzinga, Freep.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hinting
Verb
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The Friends alum also spoke about how the tabloids implying her personal timeline for starting a family wasn’t true.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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That small sample, however, revealed massive amounts of unprotected data, implying that far more may still be exposed worldwide.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But as multiple advertising world sources note, Apple has hired its fair share of TV and streaming video veterans over the past couple of years, which, when combined with this newfound desire to cut deals to expand Apple TV’s reach, is certainly suggestive of broader ambitions.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Oct. 2025
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Competing in a new space The upcoming feature puts OpenAI in direct competition with Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot, which has leaned into suggestive and anime-style interactions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Elordi may be indicating that Levinson is taking Euphoria season 3 in the direction of the single-character specials that aired between seasons 1 and 2 in 2020 and 2021.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Oct. 2025
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Home improvement stores have been moving into the Halloween space, with the survey indicating 14% of Halloween shoppers intend to visit stores like Home Depot, Lowe's and Tractor Supply.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In the process, the day-to-day nightmare of Dana’s new reality gets lost, even if the more insinuating discomfort of her present-day reality has been enhanced.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Dec. 2022
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The complaint says that since at least early 2021, McKillips had been posting messages insinuating or explicitly threatening to harm the government or federal agents.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC News,
2 Nov. 2022
Verb
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But in the last decade, research on ultraprocessed foods has challenged that notion, suggesting that these foods may drive us to eat more.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Furthermore, big banks — bellwethers for economic activity — such as JPMorgan Chase, Citi and Goldman Sachs, beat earnings expectations, suggesting that fundamentals are still sound.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Ari Aster's sophomore directorial effort might seem like another atmospheric cultish folk horror, but the film uses the genre as a symbolic journey for the overcoming of grief and shedding one life for another.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Ancient Origins continues that archaeologists expected to find human remains or grave goods, the absence of which communicated to researchers that the site was a cenotaph, a symbolic grave for someone who was laid to rest elsewhere.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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There’s a little freedom to his hockey, an expressive, creative way of looking at it.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Additionally, the mill offers experimental coatings and creative color treatments, resulting in bold and expressive takes on denim.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Hinting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hinting. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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