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insinuation

[in-sin-yoo-ey-shuhn] / ɪnˌsɪn juˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
implication
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Insinuations and gaffes have trailed former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Dan Quayle and Joseph R. Biden Jr., now the presumptive Democratic nominee, among many others.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2020

Insinuations and allegations of wrongdoing on the part of Brennan while in office are baseless.

From Slate • Aug. 17, 2018

“MGM Resorts is a national leader in diversity and inclusion. Insinuations to the contrary cannot be further from the truth.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2015

Insinuations and accusations had appeared so often about the engineers of the dam in the local papers that they had ceased to be a sensation.

From Still Jim by Morrow, Honoré

Mahoni commanded in the Place, being again receiv'd into Favour; and clear'd as he was of those political Insinuations before intimated, he now seem'd resolv'd to confirm his Innocence by a resolute Defence.

From Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton by Defoe, Daniel




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