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[im-plahy] / ɪmˈplaɪ /


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That certainly seems to imply that the current bull market is getting long in the tooth.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham appeared at Missouri’s homecoming game with a hat bearing a slogan that seemed to imply that transgender women are not actually women.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

A rise of 100 basis points would imply a total loss of around 1.5%, while a 100 basis point fall could generate a return of nearly 13%, including coupon income, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The high times, prosecutors seemed to imply, had been bankrolled by the Roebucks’ cash.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

“I didn’t mean the things I said about your friend Suzume, and I definitely didn’t mean to imply that you haven’t been trying.”

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Dan Bird, from cyber security firm Horizon3 says the pop up message the criminals sent implies that their access has gone beyond the Snowflake database.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

He raised his price target to $345 a share, which implies 45% upside relative to the stock’s price on Monday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

“Today’s announcement implies 12%/11% downgrades to consensus production forecasts over FY28/29,” the broker says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

This implies that the cool gas component might already exist as a reservoir surrounding the galaxy uniformly on all sides.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

As Mr. Language Person implies, sometimes a writer really does need to express a negation.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

In its early years, Facebook was known to operate under a philosophy of "move fast and break things," but more recently, Zuckerberg implied Meta would balance safety with speed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

That implied that the effect of the subsidy terminations had slowed, in the view of market analysts at Cox Automotive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

In North Carolina, our curiosity would have to be implied.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

While there is no reliable consensus feed given limited coverage, Jefferies analysts think earnings “landed more than 10% below the low end of the range implied by the prospectus.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The deals lasted as long as the underlying bonds, which had an expected life of about six years, which, when you did the math, implied a profit for the Goldman trader of $2.4 billion.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Those features include preventing teen ChatGPT users from engaging in romantic or other language that could encourage " emotional dependence," including preventing the tool from implying that it was in any way conscious.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Van Houten said his office did not bring charges at the time because he had only seen a statement from Doe implying the incident was consensual and that she had not been drugged.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

But UK defence minister Wes Streeting said the woman only had a "partial picture", implying police were aware of the situation before they were alerted.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The analysts also cut their price target to $30 from $47, with the new target implying room to fall 16% from current levels.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

He closed the door behind him as tightly as possible, and with an expression implying that the absence of a key in the lock met with his disapproval.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger


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