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as in spicy
hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent
making unwelcome suggestive remarks to a subordinate will be regarded as sexual harassment
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as in reminiscent
provoking a memory or mental association
a haunting and suggestive song about a long-lost love
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as in revealing
clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)
the dog's aggressive behavior is suggestive of some past mistreatment
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Recent Examples of suggestive
But as multiple advertising world sources note, Apple has hired its fair share of TV and streaming video veterans over the past couple of years, which, when combined with this newfound desire to cut deals to expand Apple TV’s reach, is certainly suggestive of broader ambitions.
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2025
Competing in a new space The upcoming feature puts OpenAI in direct competition with Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot, which has leaned into suggestive and anime-style interactions.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
The Field nocturnes and the active noise canceling of the headphones flattened all of life’s native sound and replaced it with thematically suggestive music.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
The artist behind Sam Ryan Studios, Ryan's portrait is suggestive of prayer or reflection.
—Andrea Margolis , Lorraine Taylor, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2025
Competing in a new space The upcoming feature puts OpenAI in direct competition with Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot, which has leaned into suggestive and anime-style interactions.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
The Field nocturnes and the active noise canceling of the headphones flattened all of life’s native sound and replaced it with thematically suggestive music.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
The artist behind Sam Ryan Studios, Ryan's portrait is suggestive of prayer or reflection.
—Andrea Margolis , Lorraine Taylor, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suggestive
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Glancing around the standing-room-only party, filled with joyful hugs and happy chatter as guests drank spicy margaritas and nibbled on fries in paper cones printed with quotes from the book, a dazed Brown smiled.—
Hadley Meares,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Best said that raw purees of garlic, onion, and ginger are spicy and pungent.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
24 Oct. 2025
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The series begins with Guy Anatole (Nicholas Denton, whose mannerisms and line deliveries are distractingly reminiscent of Eddie Redmayne) about to graduate law school.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2025
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The effortless nature of Peterson’s game Friday was reminiscent of NBA superstar Kevin Durant’s lone season at Texas.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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The case of historical Mormon communities in North America is equally revealing.—
David W. Lawson,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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Pairing her paintings — more than half of the 45 works on display — with Manet’s is not only logical but revealing.—
Robert Taylor,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
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The president has been targeting Jeffries online with offensive and vulgar memes since the pair first had an unsuccessful sit-down meeting in the Oval Office just before the shutdown.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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One room cracked up at a vulgar joke about a woman’s behind, while another went for an outrageous and surreal midfilm montage — but each bit was made genuinely funnier by the dozens of people gasping and wheezing over it.—
Robert Rubsam,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Creature survives, becomes smarter and even eloquent, and vengefully chases Frankenstein all the way to the Arctic.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Kidman was eloquent and warm, leavening her more introspective thoughts with a twinkly laugh.—
Wendell Steavenson,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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Practically any type of countertop would have blended beautifully with the rich blue hue that envelopes this kitchen, but this shade of granite makes a gorgeous statement.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Oct. 2025
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Other examples include iron oxides — which add color to makeup and are sun- and blue light-protective — and tocopheryl acetate, a synthetic form of vitamin E that protects skin from free radicals.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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The resulting image depicts a loose choreography—several children hold their ringed arms in front of them, fingertips touching—but the over-all impression is one of gleeful, expressive chaos.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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It was thought that the simple last scene of Tom readying Ethan’s bedroom and giving the always subtly expressive Ruffalo a moment of quiet introspection would do the trick.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
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While some individuals have produced hardcore pornographic clips starring Disney and comic book characters, others on the platform have succeeded in prompting Grok Imagine to conjure lewd imagery of Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, and Sydney Sweeney.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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The annoying or molesting charges were related to lewd or inappropriate comments Moseby allegedly made to students.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Suggestive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suggestive. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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