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 Bank of America estimates that a combination of different-cell imputation and the varied impact of tariffs likely will alter the headline CPI reading by only a basis point or two — 0.01 or 0.02 percentage point. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Aug. 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 By reducing noise and missing values, AI simplifies data imputation, categorization and clustering, improving data accessibility. Sandeep Shilawat, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 Multiple imputation became the go-to technique in medicine. Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for imputation
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Noun
  • Paul Thomas Anderon’s newest movie is very much a comedy, but Hall is mostly on hand during its graver political insinuations.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Love humility and don’t mind the insinuations that cause sorrow . . .
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • Playful innuendo and flirty games take a bizarre turn and the situation gets deadly when the chainsaw comes out.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Like, there's an innuendo in there.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Harry has twice sued Associated Newspapers for libel, winning one case and withdrawing the other, while his wife Meghan has also won a privacy lawsuit against the publisher.
    Michael Holden, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The country also still lacks a freedom of information act, and libel remains a criminal offense.
    Ashish Valentine, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Imputation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imputation. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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