as in reflective
indicating something
a wide-eyed look that is indicative of his constant curiosity
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Recent Examples of indicative
Some biological signs were indicative of old age, however.
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New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
The opening craved here, and indicative of the movie’s previous early August date (before Weapons took it over), was $40M, on par with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
The hair change is indicative of Emily in Paris season 3 when Lily Collins' Emily Cooper debuted her famous bangs.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
This is an extraordinarily low number, and is indicative of there being very little magnetic activity of the kind that produces flares and coronal mass ejections.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
The opening craved here, and indicative of the movie’s previous early August date (before Weapons took it over), was $40M, on par with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
The hair change is indicative of Emily in Paris season 3 when Lily Collins' Emily Cooper debuted her famous bangs.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
This is an extraordinarily low number, and is indicative of there being very little magnetic activity of the kind that produces flares and coronal mass ejections.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indicative
Adjective
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Wettig noted in an August 2009 interview with NPR that though Thirtysomething's characters were often accused of being narcissistic by critics, their self-involvement was also reflective of the time.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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Cost was reported as the most prominent barrier to care in Texas, which was reflective of a national trend showing families with private insurance face greater barriers compared with families using public programs like Medicaid, according to the survey.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Anthropic, which did not publish examples of the chatbot’s responses, has been cautious not to suggest that this characteristic alone means that the bot is sentient.—
Webb Wright,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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But most important to our search for the real Mary is that as a young girl she would have been exposed to a diverse environment combining Jewish, Greek, and Roman cultures, high and low, in a mix that was characteristic of the multicultural region of Galilee into which she was born.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Indicative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicative. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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