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telltale

[tel-teyl] / ˈtɛlˌteɪl /


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The model scans 10-by-10-meter squares of land to determine whether poppies are present by their telltale orange color.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The telltale clues included gibberish coordinates embedded in the fake image, which spread across sites including Instagram, Threads and X.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

On social media, there was speculation that the Swedes planted a secret camera to capture the telltale angle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Big picture: If there were big trouble brewing for the economy, a telltale sign would be rising jobless claims.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

He rolls the president on one side and carefully searches for a puncture wound, his fingers slipping along the skin, probing for a telltale oozing of blood.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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