as in indicating
to serve as a sign or symptom of
the reduced production points to declining efficiency within the plant
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Trouvelot cuts into this degraded crater, indicating that the neighboring basin formed first.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2026 -
Within 24 hours of the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran, ships in the region’s waters found their navigation systems had gone haywire, erroneously indicating that the vessels were at airports, a nuclear power plant and on Iranian land.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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For reference, roughly 20 million barrels of oil pass through the Strait of Hormuz each day, meaning an effort to make up for that shortfall could quickly draw down the stockpile, according to Krishnamoorti.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Meteorologists note the possibility of small-scale spin-ups along the leading edge, meaning any tornadoes that form are likely to be isolated.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Des Moines Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Pointing (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointing%20%28to%29. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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