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He claimed her firing was “for cause,” a term whose precise legal meaning hasn’t been adjudicated but is widely interpreted to connote gross malfeasance or some such offense in office.
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Prediction marketers tell courts that the CFTC’s lack of objections connotes tacit approval.
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Your singing connotes a degree of wisdom — it’s the voice of someone who’s thought through a situation and reached a conclusion.
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While the color of fresh olive oil does not connote quality, the color change as it sits on a shelf does.
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It connotes the unusual, the peculiar, the weird, the marginal.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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