give a clue
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The central bank's revised inflation and growth forecasts might also give a clue as to when it will tweak or abandon YCC.
From Reuters • Apr. 23, 2023
“Our language is proving almost vital to ecological restoration efforts,” Malcolm adds, “because the names of places give a clue about what the place used to be like.”
From Scientific American • Jan. 24, 2022
It is not yet clear if Li Li is pregnant but vets say hormone fluctuations and behavioural changes may give a clue by late June.
From The Guardian • Apr. 7, 2020
A Twitter message Clinton posted Monday may give a clue to her campaign approach.
From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2015
Nevertheless insects offer, in their metamorphoses, a phenomenon not altogether dissimilar, and give a clue to the manner in which alternation of generations may have originated.
From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Lubbock, John, Sir