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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tells (of)
Verb
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Police radio traffic indicates officers were already racing toward the scene as calls flooded dispatch.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026 -
An evacuation order indicates an immediate threat to life.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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This means its incredibly dense.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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That means there are no other doors along the way.—
Mike Toole,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Tells (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tells%20%28of%29. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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