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[im-plahy] / ɪmˈplaɪ /


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The government promised to deliver 1.5m new homes in England over the five years of this Parliament, which would imply an average annual rate of 300,000.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

While he suggested online that his health habits and weight in his 20s contributed to the condition, he told The Wall Street Journal that he didn’t mean to imply a connection.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The EMH doesn’t imply that the market is never wrong, but it means that, on average across all securities, the price is right.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

"It doesn’t necessarily imply demolition, but the building must undergo a technical review to determine if it can be repaired," he told to AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

The date thus seemed to imply that the Maya had originated well to the west of what was thought of as their traditional homeland, and much earlier than had been thought.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Woodring maintained his overweight rating and $360 price target on the stock, which implies roughly 15% upside from current levels.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Based on the share prices at the time of the proposal, it implies a value of 925 pence for each Segro share.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Oil prices have finally fallen back to pre-Iran war levels — but the crude market is far from seeing a normalization of shipping, oil supplies and demand that such a big retreat implies.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

Allocating capital is not “doing nothing,” as he implies, and not everyone can start a business.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

First, the existence of a question implies the existence of an answer.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

The judge found that when read as a whole, the piece implied wrongdoing by the ministers as it also mentioned secrecy and money laundering.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Citigroup analysts reiterated their $2,500 price target — which implied 49% upside from Monday’s closing price — after raising it from $2,025 last month.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

"This suggests a fairly shallow eruption vent -- much shallower than what's implied by the existing bathymetry, which shows water depths of several hundred meters or more."

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

The analysts expect the shares to rise as investors assign a higher probability to the deal, noting that the previous share price implied only a roughly even chance of a takeover being completed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

But the problem with rules, he reflected, was that they implied a right way and a wrong way to do things.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Micron shares were trading above $900 when they published their note, implying a multiple of less than 11x normalized earnings per share.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

The company is expected to have sold between 401,000 and 406,024 vehicles in the just-completed second quarter, implying growth of up to 5.7% from a year earlier, according to analysts.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

The average target price is $13.87, implying little upside.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

Under Prologis’s proposal, Segro shareholders would have received 0.084 new Prologis shares for each Segro share held, implying a value of 925 pence a share, the U.S. company said Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

He said, “I can have anybody I want in my group”— implying that he didn’t want her because she wasn’t good enough—and he mentioned the great Thoroughbred stallion Secretariat.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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