implicating

present participle of implicate, archaic

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of implicating An amateur historian has stumbled upon a provocative clue to the enduring mystery of what became of a notorious pirate who raided a royal Indian treasure ship centuries ago, implicating a co-conspirator whose name is familiar to many New Yorkers. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026 He was acquitted at a 2019 retrial, where one of the victims and a co-defendant testified that their earlier statements implicating him had been coerced by a then-homicide detective. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026 During a retrial in 2019, one of the victims and a co-defendant testified that their previous testimony implicating Bennett was coerced by a then-homicide detective. — Cbs Philadelphia, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 All the while, Thompson was arranging for Rusinowski to leave town for rehab and getting rid of evidence implicating her in the thefts, the county said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026 In the days after Rivas’ body was found, multiple people came forward with information implicating McLemore, police have said. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026 That would let prosecutors ask a grand jury to charge Hearn again if new evidence were discovered implicating him in vandalizing the pool. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026 In her depiction of the exhausting vigilance this reality required, through a second-person voice cannily implicating her reader, Rankine created a new language to identify a problem as old as the United States. — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 Around the same time as Høiby’s trial began, a second scandal erupted, this time implicating Mette-Marit herself. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicating
Verb
  • Other toothbrushes have aimed to kill bacteria in a more direct, localized fashion by weaving antibacterial agents into their bristles.
    — Mike McRae, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
  • That decision also gave Al Mahmood an opportunity to root the film more firmly in the UAE, weaving local instruments, clothing and even songs playing with the names of different fish into the story.
    — Essie Assibu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Raman accused Bass of twisting her words, but later apologized for invoking Gates’ name.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The woman denied the allegations, and Ross hit her in the chest several times and choked her, the report says, restricting her breathing by twisting the collar of her hoodie.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Prime Video has a history with this strategy, having also banked on buzz around Off Campus by intertwining the love stories of the main four hockey teammates from the beginning of the series.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The track finds frontman Grian Chatten and ROSALÍA intertwining their voices over lush instrumentation, offering another glimpse of the band’s evolving sound.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026

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“Implicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicating. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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