suggestive
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Example Sentences
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Consultant gynaecologist Donna Ghosh, said: "What we're really focusing on is reducing the delay in diagnosis. Patients who are suffering from symptoms that are suggestive of endometriosis will reach that diagnosis sooner."
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
For example, errors in memory or suggestive questioning during eyewitness interviews can influence how events are remembered.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
That is a classic example of a suggestive question.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026
The evidence for both near-death experiences and childhood memories of previous lives is persuasive in terms of the credibility of the sources and verified facts, but much of it is strongly suggestive instead of dispositive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
He was walking up a cobbled street of little two-story houses with battered doorways which gave straight on the pavement and which were somehow curiously suggestive of rat holes.
From "1984" by George Orwell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
