suggestive
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Example Sentences
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That resonant final phrase is suggestive rather than precise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
That implies a more than $25 billion exiting run rate of capex by the end of the year, which they “characterize as runaway, unsustainable, and highly suggestive of an advisable equity capital raise.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
While this doesn’t mean dividends are unsustainable, “it nonetheless is suggestive of strains,” the firm added.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
That is a classic example of a suggestive question.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026
It was broken only by the sound of Franny blowing her nose—an abandoned, protracted, “congested” blow, suggestive of a patient with a four-day-old head cold.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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