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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




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