clue
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Detecting it in fossil bone therefore provides an additional chemical clue that degraded collagen is present.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
A paper by Elias Einiö, Josh Feng and Xavier Jaravel, accepted for publication in the American Economic Review, offers a clue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Didn’t have a clue, you know. And that’s why people who are poor students sometimes become very successful — because they fight against the odds.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
One possible clue to women's slightly higher long-term returns lies in how often they buy and sell their investments, with Barclays data showing that women trade around half as frequently as men.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
It wouldn’t matter that I’d done the crime in some unknown future or that current me had no flying clue what was going on.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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In Asia, a deluge of Chinese data will offer fresh clues on the health of the world’s second-largest economy, while Japan’s growth figures are also in focus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Astrophysicists in India now say the latest findings from Aditya-L1, the country's first solar observation mission in space, have provided them some vital clues to unlocking those mysteries.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Since cells throughout the body release DNA into the blood, these fragments can contain molecular clues about the health of many different organs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The latest addition to the tally -- a 7.5 GW plant in Texas powering Amazon data centers -- shows how analysts often have to piece together clues to link projects to hyperscalers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Though you seem to be baffled by the clues to our current case, Nell, and that surprises me. Perhaps you were too distracted tracking down your daddy’s story to pay close attention to this one.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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Like Hathaway, Stella acts her part so sincerely that you’re not sure if Mitchell clued her in that the movie at large is nonsense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
How could the clueless become clued if their peers weren’t picking on their every lame move?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Investors in GameStop may have clued in to the financing arrangements of the deal, which could dilute shareholders.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
I skipped the steps of the application process that would have clued the agency in on my lack of fitness for the position.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
Miig clued in and mimicked Rose’s kicking, and others joined in.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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Anyone can check it out, but it’s geared toward cluing in ranchers in an effort to prevent wolf-livestock conflict.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2025
Some still maintain that the Knicks’ envelope was frozen or had a bent corner, cluing in NBA Commissioner and native New Yorker David Stern as to which envelope to choose.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2023
The Oscars once showed off the magic of movies: They presented lots of clips from the year’s best films, cluing audiences in on how movies are made.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022
The lighting, by Peter Kaczorowski, is aptly moody while cluing us in to the play’s many kinds of reality.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2021
Without cluing in Byrd or even Ray, Axel starts back up the driveway.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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