let on (about)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for let on (about)
Verb
  • The incident reports speak little to the threats to traffic safety in Southeast Nashville but the data reveals another trend: census tracts that are 33%, 47% and 57% Hispanic or Latino.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The Willis family revealed in March 2022 that Bruce had been diagnosed with aphasia, a language disorder that affects the ability to communicate, and was retiring from acting.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Some of the victims were foreign nationals, though authorities have not disclosed specifics regarding their identities or nationalities.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The terms of the decade-long deal, which kick off with the 2025 Italian Grand Prix in Monza running Friday to Sunday, were not disclosed.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As The Athletic discovered on a recent stroll along the waterfront from the city centre, there’s certainly plenty of land ripe for development.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • For the uninitiated, the Hall effect, first discovered in 1879 by Edwin Hall, is a phenomenon where an electric current flowing through a conductor or semiconductor in the presence of a magnetic field produces a voltage across the material.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The cause of the accident was not immediately known, although the car appeared to have derailed, which a source from the Lisbon Firefighters Regiment told local media may have been caused by a loose cable leading to brake failure.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Figma added four new AI-native tools to its platform this quarter and told investors on the call to expect significant investments in AI going forward.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Let on (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/let%20on%20%28about%29. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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