implicating

present participle of implicate, archaic

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of implicating 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 Over the years, questions about the evidence against Smith emerged as a witness recanted, Lowden repudiated his earlier statement implicating Smith, and another man claimed responsibility for Hart's killing. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 FanDuel, as of Thursday, had the United States as a minus-165 favorite, implicating about a 62% probability of victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026 Writer-director Pascal Plante skillfully enhances the themes of his film with a cold, unsettling atmosphere, often implicating us as voyeurs with our own fixation on the dark side of humanity. — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026 In 1973, former White House Counsel John Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee, implicating top administration officials, including President Richard Nixon as well as himself, in the Watergate scandal and cover-up. — ABC News, 8 June 2026 Others have recanted and said police coerced them into implicating Washington and Simms. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicating
Verb
  • Ilinčić’s show borrowed the delicate ropes of octogenarian textile artist Françoise Grossen weaving them into dresses, skirts, bags and belts.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Lange walked hand in hand with Lourd, weaving through the crowd and holding court.
    — Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • For much of the 1990s and 2000s, Guatemala had been twisting its way toward democracy, but corruption networks and drug traffickers had insinuated themselves into the country’s institutions.
    — Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
  • But Mulderrig’s red Harley-Davidson Sportster slammed into the rear passenger side of Oates’ Cadillac, crumpling the back corner and twisting the wheel out of shape.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Within a few short months of the conference, by intertwining human insight with AI scale, the decades-old mystery would collapse.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Peete and Robinson’s relationship had become complex, intertwining their personal connection with finances, loyalty, and resentment.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026

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“Implicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicating. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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