as in indication
a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)
the newscaster could not resist giving a slight intimation that the voting was going contrary to predictions
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Recent Examples of intimation
There are intimations of down-home prosperity, like horn blasts in the fog.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 May 2025
Years of solitude, sharpened by intimations of mortality, have cracked the banker’s sense of certainty.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Worse, intimations of foreign involvement might trigger a nuclear war, Johnson warned.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
And the longer these series go on, the more overwhelming such intimations of superstar mortality tend to become.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 May 2025
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 May 2025
Years of solitude, sharpened by intimations of mortality, have cracked the banker’s sense of certainty.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Worse, intimations of foreign involvement might trigger a nuclear war, Johnson warned.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
And the longer these series go on, the more overwhelming such intimations of superstar mortality tend to become.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimation
Noun
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Early indications, as the paddlers approached, were that the breakwaters had done an exceptional job, at least, of recruiting gulls and cormorants.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Still, there’s no indication SpaceX is working on SRM-capable satellites.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Elite politics has become so opaque under his rule that pundits look for any clue for China’s direction – from parsing Xi’s words for their real meaning to assessing the color of his hair.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Tuesday's elections could hold clues to how Americans view this pivotal moment in the country, and reveal the strengths and weaknesses of each party's position one year away from the consequential 2026 midterm elections.—
Benjamin Siegel,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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Heidi Klum kept fans guessing all day with hints about her 2025 Halloween costume.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2025
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Tender and with just a hint of salinity, fresh hauls come in from just off the coast and are served brilliantly with salad and spicy butter.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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Exercise is another powerful cue for your body clock and an excellent way to improve sleep quality.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Light from the sun serves as the external cue to resynchronize the master clock.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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And indeed, Tourneur and Lewton were masters of suggestion, partially because of the Hays Code, and partially because of their low budgets.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Jordan gets an opportunity to correct Mike’s false onscreen suggestion that type-one diabetes has to do with eating habits.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Intimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimation. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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