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
  • Considering the months of discussion both sides put into reaching a deal and the political drama that led up to its final days, any insinuation of harmony might seem to onlookers like April Fools’.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Any insinuation otherwise by tabloid ‘journalism’ is a slanderous lie — full stop.
    Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 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
Noun
  • Lipstadt became famous—and was later portrayed onscreen by Rachel Weisz—for winning a judgment in a British court against the Holocaust denier David Irving, who had sued her for libel.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2025
  • In February 2022, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff rejected Palin's claims in a ruling issued while a jury deliberated, saying Palin had failed to show that the Times had acted out of malice, something required in libel lawsuits involving public figures.
    CBS News, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025

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

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