indicating

verb

Definition of indicatingnext
present participle of indicate
1
as in signifying
to serve as a sign or symptom of his attitude seems to indicate that he has little interest in the project

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2
as in implying
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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“Indicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicating. Accessed 30 Jan. 2023.

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