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imputation

noun

ˌim-pyə-ˈtā-shən

Definition of imputation

as in insinuation

a slyly or subtly derogatory remark I resent the imputation that I'm nice to Grandmother because she has money

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Recent Examples of imputation The carry-forward imputation method treated October prices as unchanged. — Wire Services wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 13 Jan. 2026 There’s a greater likelihood that inflation data will have a higher level of imputations, noted RBC’s Reid. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025 While loans can be made without interest that might trigger the imputation of interest under the tax rules. — Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025 More programs followed, and multiple imputation became more widespread. — Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for imputation

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Ormund makes insinuations that his cousin is gay, which makes Ormund at once the most outwardly homophobic and sexist character in the show presently.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
What Purdy did not appreciate was the insinuation—from other Democrats, from members of the media, from online trolls—that the process to replace Platner was somehow undemocratic.

— Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

Definition of insinuation

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The way it's being phrased, the innuendo there that transgender women are predators of some kind in the locker room.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Larkin and Yzerman each have their share of blame for that situation, with few hard facts to go off beyond snapshots and innuendo.

— Max Bultman, New York Times, 17 July 2026

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His contempt for the Jewish state of Israel will lead our city right into a libel suit worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
In response, Baldoni — and nine other plaintiffs, including publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel — sued the newspaper for libel and false light invasion of privacy, among other claims, over the article, and sought $250 million in damages.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026

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