intimated 1 of 2

past tense of intimate

intimated

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of intimated
Adjective
Maye, of course, cannot win alone, something Vrabel intimated post-game. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 8 Sep. 2025 However, commissioner Roger Goodell intimated this spring that the league could tighten its cap rules when the next collective bargaining agreement comes around in 2031. Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025 However, some reports have suggested that B intimated to the biographer that the singer's bandmates and his best friend, Mary Austin, had been aware of her existence. Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 Poptimism intimated that critics should not just take pop music seriously but celebrate it—or else. Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 Having intimated a willingness to pay £120m ($162m) in July, the Reds then officially bid £110m ($148m) at the beginning of August. Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimated
Verb
  • Swift’s 149-show, five-continent expedition encapsulated a tsunami of emotions not just among her fans, but her own journey through a very public breakup, a fling and, as indicated by her engagement to Kelce, knee-buckling love.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has indicated that there is enough funding for Medicaid, the government program that primarily provides health services to low-income Americans, to support the program through the end of the calendar year.
    Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But Frisch believed complex behaviors implied a function.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
  • It’s implied that an attempt on his own life landed him in a treatment program for the better part of a year.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jimmy Kimmel—whose late-night talk show was briefly taken off air by ABC after Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, criticized remarks that Kimmel had made about Kirk’s killing and hinted darkly at regulatory consequences—was one casualty.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • In April, Meghan hinted that her lifestyle brand could expand into other areas.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The suggested retail price is $100 USD, and with only 45,000 bottles produced, availability is expected to taper quickly as collectors and fans of the Legacy Series add it to their shelves.
    Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In February 2024, EHang announced a suggested retail price for the EH216-S of $410,000 for international markets.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Intimated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimated. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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