indicative

Example Sentences

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EQT earlier said it had submitted an acquisition proposal to Intertek, without disclosing financial details, and added it was considering its options after its indicative bid was rejected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“While we acknowledge that Anthropic could still be engineering its own cyber products in lower-barrier areas, we see the urgency of the partnership as indicative of core cyber’s relative insulation from AI disintermediation,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

One of them is a title so generic, so blandly inoffensive yet simultaneously indicative of hope, resolve, or insider knowledge as to be, ultimately, unmemorable.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

Though fluent in academic lingo, his verse was approachable, written with students and the public in mind and indicative of someone who always made sure to not stay stuck in the proverbial ivory tower.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

This is perhaps indicative of excess glibness, considering how little I apparently knew.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen