implied

Example Sentences

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Ashlee Simpson, it was clear, intended to lip sync, which sort of implied to casual observers that she couldn’t sing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Futures markets have implied 40% price increases through the end of the year, relative to January.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Once a slur that implied homosexuality was shamefully deviant, “queer” was “reclaimed” in the 1980s by gay activists as a synonym for “gay.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

He strongly implied that the Colorado ban, and others like it, would not survive this review “as applied” to talk therapy.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Its presence is often implied even when it is not actually used to describe form.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson