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[im-plahy] / ɪmˈplaɪ /


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The government promised to deliver 1.5m new homes in England over the five years of this Parliament, which would imply an average annual rate of 300,000.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

The EMH doesn’t imply that the market is never wrong, but it means that, on average across all securities, the price is right.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

“Maybe you haven’t noticed,” he said, careful not to imply the president didn’t know these facts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

"It doesn’t necessarily imply demolition, but the building must undergo a technical review to determine if it can be repaired," he told to AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

The clothes were worn on Christmas and New Year’s when families paraded their children on the streets in a pageantry designed to imply nonexistent wealth.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

The majority of analysts covering BlackRock have a buy rating on the stock, with an average price target of $1,264, according to FactSet, which implies roughly 18% upside from current levels.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Woodring maintained his overweight rating and $360 price target on the stock, which implies roughly 15% upside from current levels.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

To Mike and Peggy Gibbs, the word “retirement” implies leaving something behind.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

Allocating capital is not “doing nothing,” as he implies, and not everyone can start a business.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Perfection implies that there really is a right and wrong way to be.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

The yen/dollar rate is around 162, with the three-month implied correlation index lower than where it stood two years ago.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

The judge found that when read as a whole, the piece implied wrongdoing by the ministers as it also mentioned secrecy and money laundering.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

"This suggests a fairly shallow eruption vent -- much shallower than what's implied by the existing bathymetry, which shows water depths of several hundred meters or more."

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

The analysts expect the shares to rise as investors assign a higher probability to the deal, noting that the previous share price implied only a roughly even chance of a takeover being completed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

But the term ‘natural philosophy’ was unsatisfactory because it implied the new philosophy was rather like the old, that it had no practical application.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The average target price for SpaceX stock is $241.80 a share, according to the FactSet consensus, implying about 78% upside to Tuesday’s closing price.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Taiwan Semiconductor’s June revenue jumped 68% from a year earlier, hitting a record and implying second-quarter revenue of $39.55 billion, slightly above analyst estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The company is expected to have sold between 401,000 and 406,024 vehicles in the just-completed second quarter, implying growth of up to 5.7% from a year earlier, according to analysts.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

Wolfe Research upgraded Target shares to Outperform with a $162 price target, implying over 20% upside.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

“I promise you I wasn’t implying that our mom situations are remotely the same—I’m so sorry, Rae!”

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone




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