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intimated

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verb

past tense of intimate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of intimated
Verb
The longtime New York Democrat also intimated funding could be pulled in order to force the war to come to an end. — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 What shines through, however, are the lively longings of Kit herself as the movie doubles down on an interest in science that is only intimated in the novel. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026 Last year, Caskey said she was still owed $60,000 for campaign work after records revealed that Thao’s chief of staff had once intimated that her boss considered using city funds to recoup campaign debts to Caskey. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026 Some of Brown-Forman’s advisers had privately intimated to Sazerac’s advisers that the Brown family, the controlling shareholders of Brown-Forman, were not interested in the offer on the table weeks ago, according to some of the people. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 26 July 2026 Needless to say, when the time came for Scott’s first close-up, he was reasonably intimated. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026 The governor’s office intimated that the federal government was investigating payments made to Siebel Newsom’s film production company. — Terry Collins, USA Today, 15 June 2026 Officials have intimated that this week’s discussions, slated for Thursday and Friday, will center on solidifying trade terms between the two countries. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 13 May 2026 As the league has intimated during the NFL Sunday Ticket antitrust litigation, if the league could not offer the Sunday Ticket or otherwise pool their out-of-town broadcasts, the economics for NFL media rights would change. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimated
Adjective
  • Owners should check the calorie information on the food label rather than relying solely on the suggested serving size, which may be too generous.
    — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Among suggested changes are expanding voting rights and ending ICE detentions and deportations.
    — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The deputy's statement of facts indicated that the Camry driver did not apply his brakes before the collision, and the evidence showed the speedometer was stuck at 100 mph after the crash.
    — Senior Editor, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Certain Anthropic board members and entities affiliated or associated ‌with them ⁠have indicated interest in buying up to $303 million of shares from the offering.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • But when Franklyn eventually attempted to discuss the night with Portnoy and the Barstool executive team, no one seemed as worried as Cooper had implied, Franklyn wrote.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The path for monetary policy remains in focus, especially after Friday's blowout payrolls report showed that hourly wages continue to grow and implied that the job market is holding up.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • One Fed official even hinted the central bank may increase the federal funds rate by double the typical amount next month because of how high inflation has remained for years.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell remained hospitalized on Monday as team officials hinted that the standout defender was recovering from a scary injury suffered a day earlier.
    — David K. Li, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Intimated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimated. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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