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as in to imply
to convey an idea indirectly
her expression indicated that she was uncomfortably cold, but she was too polite to say so
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Recent Examples of indicate
Dispatch audio indicated that police received a call for 100 teens dancing on cars at 56th Street and Everett Avenue, a couple of blocks away from the beach and only about a block and a half from the shooting scene.
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Darius Johnson, CBS News, 26 May 2026
This move may indicate a growing desire for consistency at scale, especially when considering that reselling is currently approached more like a job than a hobby.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Some of the recordings have dates on them indicating Cuomo recorded them between 2018 and 2021.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2026
The report indicates that consumers quickly abandon these flawed user experiences in favor of alternatives.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
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Darius Johnson, CBS News, 26 May 2026
This move may indicate a growing desire for consistency at scale, especially when considering that reselling is currently approached more like a job than a hobby.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Some of the recordings have dates on them indicating Cuomo recorded them between 2018 and 2021.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2026
The report indicates that consumers quickly abandon these flawed user experiences in favor of alternatives.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indicate
Verb
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Manchester City are coming to terms with life after Pep Guardiola — but that does not mean their days of dominance are coming to an end.—
Dean Jones,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Which means that Sula Mae Peace means Peace Peace, which is a kind of wonderful ironic doubling because this is not a peaceful clan of people.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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But Shipper's ground-level data from an organization that has done more automation than most suggests the actual dynamics are more complex, and the resulting opportunity set is different from what the displacement thesis implies.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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To some, this term may imply that these diseases are rare accidents.—
Neil Vora,
Time,
22 May 2026
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Opponents could sense that Sabalenka’s demeanor signified a collapse was underway.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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The constant movement might make some audience members dizzy, yet its jitteriness signifies the anxiety and unease of the characters, both in their skin and with each other.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
25 May 2026
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The results track with other recent independent polls that suggested Democrats were coalescing around Becerra, a former California Attorney General, and Republicans around Hilton, a former senior advisor to British Prime Minister David Cameron who moved to California in 2012.—
John Woolfolk,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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Since the light from each of those took different paths to Earth, and thus different amounts of time, this suggests there have been variations in QSO1’s emissions—consistent with a black hole feeding on different amounts of material over time.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
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The statistical evidence supports this when looking at the standard deviation — denoting the spread of a dataset — of points after 37 games across the past seven seasons.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
24 May 2026
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In front of them were the monkeys, which were placed on a sign denoting wildlife trafficking.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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But in the interview Garber appeared to hint that this contract may be his last at the league.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
27 May 2026
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The Judgment Day still has some juice left, but over the past few months especially, WWE has hinted that the ensemble of characters cannot coexist with Perez, Morgan and Rodriguez all still in it.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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“Indicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicate. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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