connote

Example Sentences

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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

“I’m using a signifier, Blackness, which for some people can connote serious pain,” she acknowledged.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

And now the cup, the ring and two unironed waiter’s aprons at home were the only concrete objects left to connote that a man had once lived.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith