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as in indicating
to convey an idea indirectly
kept hinting that she wouldn't mind an invitation to spend the weekend at their beach house
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Recent Examples of hinting
David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Jan. 2026
Of those participating, Richie Laryea, Mathieu Choinière, Jonathan Osorio and Joel Waterman are among those most likely in frame for the 2026 World Cup, while wild card Marcelo Flores will also participate, hinting that a full-time switch from Mexico to Canada could be in the cards.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The team also identified a second candidate planet closer to the star, hinting that this system may be building multiple worlds at once.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Automakers are hinting that these assistants could soon be accessed from within your vehicle.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
Four Republican senators joined Democrats in voting to extend the subsidies on Thursday, hinting that an agreement might be possible.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
This measurement supports the higher expansion rate (~73 km/s/Mpc) seen in local-universe studies, hinting that the ‘Hubble tension’ may reflect real physics rather than just measurement error.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2025
And strange things keep happening, hinting that maybe Georgia’s past isn’t willing to stay buried.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
By hinting that his business was the victim of shape-shifting saboteurs, Westergaard distracted from the more prosaic story about the carelessness of his staff.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
The White House press secretary noted that the Department of Justice has convicted and prosecuted nearly 100 defendants in Minnesota so far, hinting that there may be more charges forthcoming for others based on additional reporting.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for hinting
Adjective
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And probably should go home this episode instead of the person the Project Runway editors are heavily implying to be the next contestant out.—
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Guidance appears prominently; copy avoids implying strategies or guarantees.—
Verb
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The interdisciplinary approach brought the duke’s life and death to a stunning clarity — indicating how analyses can shed new light on age-old mysteries, even murders.—
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Three had New England winning by one score while three had Tampa Bay winning by one score, indicating that contest may be one of the most exciting of Week 10.—
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The agents’ demand that Good exit her vehicle is suggestive of an intent to take her into custody.—
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At the same time, there is no denying that Rodriguez’s 23-page complaint filed December 25 is full of potentially damning text message screen grabs, remarks about oral sex and other suggestive conversation from an allegedly predatory Perry.—
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Not long after, that source became unreachable, suggesting the blackout had widened even further.—
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By season's end, Pine and his boss, Angela Burr (Colman), succeeded in bringing Roper down, with the finale suggesting Roper's violent end at the hands of his own buyers.—
Adjective
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Rather than viewing the insinuating and undeniably creepy Gacy as an inherent threat, Macmanus finds the tragedy in the disparate and desperate circumstances amid which Gacy might have represented an illusion of hope.—
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In the process, the day-to-day nightmare of Dana’s new reality gets lost, even if the more insinuating discomfort of her present-day reality has been enhanced.—
Adjective
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Stripped to their symbolic essence, the erotics of Frankenstein are about the body as meat, electrified by carnal pleasure and unencumbered by the soul.—
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Russian forces appear to be on the brink of finally seizing the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a symbolic victory that President Vladimir Putin has been pursuing for 21 months at an increasingly heavy cost.—
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Protesters said the demonstration was meant to reflect democratic participation in its most visible form — expressive, passionate, and impossible to ignore.—
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Its perception system combines visual recognition, sound localization, and expressive facial displays.—
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“Hinting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hinting. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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