implications

plural of implication
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as in allegations
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 implications On Friday, Caine specifically raised concerns about the US munitions stockpile and other potential negative implications, according to the sources. Chris Lau, CNN Money, 26 July 2026 Any further additions would cement the Tigers as firmly over the $244 million luxury tax threshold, which has important implications. Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 26 July 2026 The Senate race in Maine holds far-reaching political implications. Elena Moore, NPR, 25 July 2026 The implications were simply so dreadful that the officials just gave up. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026 What to read next That has implications for our understanding of another type of cosmic eruption, this time a type of supernova called a Type Ia supernova. Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026 But scientists said the rollback could have serious implications for endangered species. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026 As with consideration of any new medication, understanding implications, both good and bad, short-term and long-term, need to be fully discussed with any patient and treating physician. Nina Shapiro, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026 This has enormous implications for how wars start, end, and are waged. Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
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Noun
  • Rodríguez has rejected suggestions that authorities understated the disaster, saying the government releases only casualty figures that have been fully verified and would not speculate about the final toll.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • In these cases, models can make confident but wrong suggestions that can only be solved by cleaning up the data.
    Saurabh Gupta, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • Shipping traffic in the Persian Gulf has repeatedly ground to a halt since the United States and Israel attacked Iran in February, with ramifications for global markets.
    Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 25 July 2026
  • Both the card and the poem speak of juxtaposition and the ramifications of decisions.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Noun
  • Protesters have been calling for accountability after allegations entrance exams to esteemed medical schools had been leaked and sold, with the unrest led by a youth campaign known as the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP).
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Saulter reported the allegations to the Texas Rangers, and was placed on administrative leave a short time later, according to testimony at the trial.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
Noun
  • And a company that has worked with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the European Space Agency to deploy 30+ 30 Earth observation models and deliver hundreds of thousands of AI inferences in orbit just raised $11 million to scale even more.
    John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • This requires dealing with contradictory sources, making inferences, performing many web searches, and more, but neither model had any trouble with any of it.
    Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Firefighters and authorities in both European countries were caught off guard by the virulence of the fires, which were fueled by high temperatures and the long-term effects of climate change.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • Arguably one of the worst cause-and-effects of the defense being so bad in 2025 was not being able to see the full potential of 2025 second-round pick Donovan Ezeiruaku.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
Noun
  • Villagers reject accusations that their homes were being used by Hezbollah.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 26 July 2026
  • The real reason is that his report is an unfocused jumble of personal testimony, with no evident attempt to corroborate the lurid and sometimes unbelievable accusations made by anonymous sources.
    Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
Noun
  • Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in his evening address on Friday that intelligence assessments indicated that Russia was preparing missiles for a large attack, saying there were indications that this could happen in the next 48 hours.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • The delay does not preclude all the parties involved from striking a settlement deal that would clear the path for the merger, though there are no indications that the cases are heading in that direction.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Noun
  • The gap appears when there are consequences associated with providing a wrong answer.
    TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • The consequences of this were obvious in the Premier League last season.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 July 2026

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