connote
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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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
Twitter was a good name, even if the site didn’t connote positive things for many people.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2023
It didn't necessarily connote or imply a state of psychological unease.
From Salon • May 29, 2023
“It is a type of affinity with the American worker, and I think it does connote an image of male virility and machismo that is important for a leader who wants to appear strong.”
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022
If you like granite, you might like the house; but even if you don’t, “granite” certainly doesn’t connote a fixer-upper.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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