clue in
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My exposure to this all stems from being around salespeople who were not competent and didn’t have a clue in how to sell, so they fell back on trite sayings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
A study in the journal Nature last year discovered a "really important first clue" in this area, Coleman said.
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University may have uncovered a promising clue in the long-running effort to confirm the existence of dark matter.
From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2025
On Monday’s episode of the trivia show, the “Jeopardy!” host and game-show G.O.A.T. awkwardly delivered a clue in the “Complete the Rhyming Phrase” category.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024
I pick up a notepad like the one he keeps in his pocket and leaf through it, wondering if there might be some clue in it, in this room, as to what happened to him.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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