cues

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On that point, many other retailers take their cues from Walmart, known to be a leader in terms of pricing.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Very active traders, mostly young people who get cues from social media, make up a subset of the millions of Americans who hold about $12 trillion in retail brokerage accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Key details: The survey of consumer confidence takes its cues largely from how Americans perceive the job market.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

A "simplification" of rear light systems to allow "clearer and more consistent visual cues to improve visibility and reaction time for following drivers in poor conditions".

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Children’s knowledge of how to use a tool could be a result of their experience with the tool; alternatively, it could be a result of their perceiving the tool’s affordances from shape and manipulability cues.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker