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as in indication
a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)
if you don't want to give the suggestion that you're evading the truth, you must look your questioner in the eye
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2
as in proposal
something which is presented for consideration
no one had any better suggestions, so as usual we spent the afternoon at the basketball court
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3
as in hint
an almost imperceptible sign of something
we took care to avoid so much as even a suggestion of impropriety
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Recent Examples of suggestion
Machado also pushed back on suggestions that Venezuela’s role in drug trafficking had been exaggerated to support the argument of those calling for regime change.
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Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Have a suggestion for a future topic?
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Have a suggestion for a future story?
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
John Kell Send thoughts or suggestions to CIO Intelligence here.
—John Kell, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
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Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Have a suggestion for a future topic?
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Have a suggestion for a future story?
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
John Kell Send thoughts or suggestions to CIO Intelligence here.
—John Kell, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suggestion
Noun
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If previous release dates are any indication, the fourth installment will likely debut next year.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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The British police, however, were given an indication of Daniel’s ruthlessness.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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The proposal would assign a DOJ team from another district to examine device backups and cloud data obtained from an attorney, segregating any privileged content.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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As Sportico reported, OHSAA has considered proposals to drop its ban and intends to accelerate review of another proposal to do so.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As Crane hints, Brooke’s take on the eighteenth-century sentimental romance would be a controversial selection as Canada’s first.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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Dæmons seem to be an outward manifestation of the complex nature of humans that encompasses, male, female and animalistic characteristics that hint towards the breaking of gender binaries and the possibilities of interspecies relations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The plenum will be closely monitored by outsiders for clues about the inner workings of China’s opaque ruling Communist Party.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
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Days after Sora 2 launched, TikTok, Reddit, and YouTube filled with tutorials on how to scrub out its tiny watermark — the only clue AI made a clip.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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During their 2012 interview, Guthrie awkwardly posed the question to Kardashian just as an audio cue to wrap the segment began to play.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Oct. 2025
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Wide lanes, long sightlines and few visual cues tend to invite higher speeds.—
Belal Aftab,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
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Bank of America reiterates Nvidia and Broadcom as buy Bank of America says the stocks remain favorite ideas at the firm.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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It’s not presented as an idea because of how we were raised.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Suggestion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suggestion. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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