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 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 According to reports from the BLS, around 50% of the CPI data is based on imputations, meaning that roughly half of the information used to calculate the Consumer Price Index is estimated, not direct measures of prices; interest rates (important credit prices) are not directly included. William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 But as college campuses have been roiled by pro-Palestinian protests and accusations of antisemitism in recent months, Ressa has now been accused by a Republican congresswoman and prominent Harvard alum of being antisemitic—an imputation that Ressa categorically denied to TIME on Monday. Chad De Guzman, TIME, 6 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for imputation
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Noun
  • The other side: Councilmen Kerry McCormack and Hairston strenuously denied any insinuation of wrongdoing behind the scenes.
    Sam Allard, Axios, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Trump, Musk so far provide scant evidence for their claims of government fraud Still, his insinuations that the presence of such information within SSA is nefarious or new is also misleading, experts said.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • To the relief of everybody, weeks of rumors/subterfuge/smokescreens/innuendo come to a merciful end.
    Jim Reineking, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The ironic bits and poignant moments rarely gel and a focus on redundant innuendos takes precedence over character development and a meaningful storyline.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
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  • The libel lawsuit was settled within weeks, CNN reported, with the website issuing a retraction and acknowledging that Kardashian had in fact been robbed at gunpoint.
    Christie D’Zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
  • In December, Baldoni sued The New York Times for libel following the newspaper’s publication of an article detailing Lively’s accusations.
    Chloe Melas, NBC news, 10 May 2025

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“Imputation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imputation. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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