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a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)
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Recent Examples of clue
Emily Mullin, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
Joseph McConnell The chemical composition of ice there and in other polar regions can yield key clues about what past environments were like.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
If Sherfield is on the field, will the defenses be clued into a likely run?
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
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Noun
There’s another clue that could explain the severity of the Louisiana and British Columbia cases.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
Joseph McConnell The chemical composition of ice there and in other polar regions can yield key clues about what past environments were like.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
Netflix’s Ramos recently clued Deadline into the streamer’s strategy in Lat-Am.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
If Sherfield is on the field, will the defenses be clued into a likely run?
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clue
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There is no indication that a college degree is required. 8.Terina Allen, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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New indications will continue to come out beyond weight loss.Emily Burns, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
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Gaza war talks on cusp of cease-fire, hostage deal A round of Gaza cease-fire talks will be held in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday morning to finalise remaining details related to the deal, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters on Monday.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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After each fight, a film tells a history: steamy Aztec jungles, pueblas and markets, scenes of battle and revolution, all building toward a futuristic cityscape meant to show what Mexico could become.Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
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The signature drink is Luz Margarita, a tropical margarita with passion fruit and a hint of chili.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Yet there’s a hint that the family may know Sphere and the RSN aren’t good fits.Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Morningstar informs us that the SPDR Bloomberg High Yield fund has averaged a total return (coupons plus price changes) of 5.1% a year, three points better than the return on the Vanguard all-purpose fund that owns only higher quality debt.William Baldwin, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Netanyahu said his negotiating team informed him of the agreement.Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Novel and ambitious experiments with primates, dolphins and parrots proliferated, many of them documenting animals following specific cues and using words and phrases to communicate with their human trainers.Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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At a precise cue — a sustained note — all the whales went silent and in unison lunged upward through the bait ball.Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
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CrowdStrike is aware of the scam and advises individuals to stay vigilant.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
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Though Arledge died in 2002, the real Geoff Mason was an invaluable resource to the production, from advising on drafts of the script to helping secure rights to the original broadcast footage.EW.com, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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Feel free to send any tips, suggestions, story ideas and data to Ashley at ashley.capoot@nbcuni.com.Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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At the time, most people in Greenland (and Denmark, the European country that controls it) thought his suggestion was a joke.Maya Tekeli, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield has notified 2% of its workforce -- about 75 employees -- they will be laid off as the health care provider grapples with increasing costs, declining membership and rising demand for services.Andrew Moreau, arkansasonline.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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The school tech giant was made aware of the breach late last month and notified affected customers Tuesday.Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Clue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clue. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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