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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.

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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