1
as in inference
an idea that is conveyed often indirectly
He took issue with the implication that he could not be trusted with the assignment.
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2
as in outcome
a future condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
They were concerned with the possible implications of the new legislation.
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as in allegation
a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person
Employees were shocked by the implication of the company's CEO in the crime.
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Recent Examples of implication
Interrupting the programming that tens of millions of Americans actively consume each weekend is always going to be a tough sell, but when the disruptive elements themselves start to become overly familiar, the negative implications begin to pile up.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The implications for future Fed policy moves had investors giddy this week.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
The presence of microplastics in California’s precious – and limited – drinking water is of such growing concern that the state Legislature has required the State Water Resources Control Board to develop plans to measure the particles in water supplies and study the implications to public health.
—Andria Ventura, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
And while the case is personal to him, the implications could be systemic.
—Jared Brenner, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The implications for future Fed policy moves had investors giddy this week.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
The presence of microplastics in California’s precious – and limited – drinking water is of such growing concern that the state Legislature has required the State Water Resources Control Board to develop plans to measure the particles in water supplies and study the implications to public health.
—Andria Ventura, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
And while the case is personal to him, the implications could be systemic.
—Jared Brenner, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implication
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In many edge use cases, CPUs are more than capable of running real-world inference models, especially when training is done in the cloud and inference is localized.—
Bruce Kornfeld,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Unlike consumer-facing peers that absorb massive compute costs directly onto their own balance sheets, Cohere’s approach shifts much of that burden to partners and customers who pay for their own inference.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Local organizations are training AI models on regional medical data to improve healthcare outcomes.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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With an outside agency taking the lead, local officials hoped to mitigate concerns over conflicts of interest and inspire public trust in the investigation’s outcome, the county wrote last month in a letter to Bonta.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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But the center’s allegations are of another type.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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But whether Prince William knew or not, and what his opinions are, has been a source of many rumors and allegations over the last few days.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
12 Sep. 2025
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In my experience as an outfitter, Altra has always been my go-to suggestion whenever a customer walks in complaining about foot problems.—
Alice Bennett,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Sep. 2025
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Have suggestions for future picks?—
Melody Wilding,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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The ramifications of this could be enormous.—
Contessa Brewer,Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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There are plenty of historically problematic ramifications to starting an NFL season 0-2.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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The approach has caused controversy and incurred accusations of racial profiling.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Days later, the accusations leveled by Figueroa the following day landed like a political earthquake.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Advocates see that high violation rate as an indication that regulators are missing even more abuses in the fields.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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Hundreds of millions of smartphones are shipped in one quarter alone, and there’s little indication that smart glasses will ever be nearly as widely adopted.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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But what was the effect of that?—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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This innovative installation may hold one of the keys to accelerating a transition away from fossil fuels that scientists say is necessary if the world is to avoid the worst effects of climate change.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Implication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implication. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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