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Example Sentences
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Using Claude Code was the first time many users interacted with this kind of AI, offering an inkling of what may be in store.
"I'm outgoing and very confident and I love being around people," Auer says, "but I get that inkling that they all think I'm stupid and ugly, and that my life is a continuum of mistakes."
From BBC
Those jobs gave him an inkling that computers would someday fit in our hands and pockets.
“I had an inkling that she was ready to play an adult role.”
From Los Angeles Times
But that orphans’ home inspired no inklings of thankfulness in my heart.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.