hinted (at)

verb

Definition of hinted (at)next
past tense of hint (at)
as in pointed (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hinted (at)
  1. indicated
  2. suggested
  3. mentioned
  4. implied
  5. intended
  6. specified
  7. cited
  8. inferred
Verb
  • Additional analysis indicated minerals in the meteorite at one point interacted with liquid water on Mars, although a specific timeframe couldn’t be established.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Neither Santa Monia Police nor SMMUSD indicated any plans to increase school security in light of the text messages.
    NBC Los Angeles, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of indicated
Verb
  • Lamar also suggested there would be much more music to come.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Some critics have suggested that Maduro has used Venezuela’s youth orchestra to his political advantage.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of suggested
Verb
  • Among the changes the 68-year-old suggests are initiatives he’s mentioned previously.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Schools and superintendents began reaching out to him because a colleague or friend had mentioned how impactful ICS4Schools’ services had been.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of mentioned
Verb
  • The futures market on Thursday implied less than a 50% chance that the BOJ could hike by 10 basis points before the end of the year, according to LSEG data.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The bank’s price target for Schwab implied about 22% upside and for Ulta Beauty about 18% potential appreciation, based on Tuesday’s close.
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of implied
Verb
  • Her kids are also receiving a more significant portion of the estate than was intended.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Given the laptop-class CPU and GPU, only the RAM and storage are intended to be readily user-accessible—the chips are locked down and facing toward the cooling system that occupies the other half of the case.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of intended
Verb
  • Grant recipients are required to report on progress, but only towards goals specified in the proposal.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Our methodology for each product is specified in every review.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appétit, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of specified
Verb
  • Ritchey cited early signs of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, starting to increase this season as expected in Florida, which is called out at the top of this week's report.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Complying with regulatory developments is most frequently cited as the top priority for internal legal teams — and any innovation efforts are going to fall under scrutiny.
    Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of cited
Verb
  • Even this lowest value, though, is far too large compared with the number inferred from the CMB to be chalked up to bad luck.
    Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
  • And understanding the fundamentals of habitability is crucial for filling in the values of the Drake equation—a framework, devised by the same astronomer who inferred the presence of Jupiter’s radiation belts, that has guided the search for life beyond Earth since the early 1960s.
    Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of inferred
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