clue
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One clue that the precipitous drop might be getting overdone: The company has continued to report double-digit year-over-year revenue growth.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
But it's too early to judge the Williams upgrades - and Aston Martin provides a clue as to why.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The investigation also produced an unexpected clue involving the kidneys.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
More money than they ever imagined—and no clue how to spend it: Share sales at OpenAI and Anthropic minted hundreds of millionaires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Hundreds of years later, the riddle reads like a clue.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Swarm chasers hunt for clues of bad behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
If future studies confirm the connection, the researchers say it could offer clues about why some patients remain chronically ill even after the initial infection, stressor, or other trigger is no longer present.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
The attribution to Samuel is based on clues including the location of the tomb, the sumptuousness of the garment, the age of the deceased and an old fracture.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
In another two decades, we could all be looking back at 2026 for clues.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
"We can keep our clues in my desk drawer. And we can use my computer to write down everything we find out."
From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene
How could the clueless become clued if their peers weren’t picking on their every lame move?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
I skipped the steps of the application process that would have clued the agency in on my lack of fitness for the position.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
An American tourist called Dorothy said she wasn't worried about visiting Angkor as she was clued in to travel logistics and border rules, saying she felt "very safe".
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Trump needs to be clued in about California geography and its complex water system because he doesn’t seem to know California water from a sea otter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
The angle of the sun clued me in that I should be seeing two small figures anytime now.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Anyone can check it out, but it’s geared toward cluing in ranchers in an effort to prevent wolf-livestock conflict.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2025
Some still maintain that the Knicks’ envelope was frozen or had a bent corner, cluing in NBA Commissioner and native New Yorker David Stern as to which envelope to choose.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2023
The Oscars once showed off the magic of movies: They presented lots of clips from the year’s best films, cluing audiences in on how movies are made.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022
And by gesturing broadly toward Jim’s painful past without fully cluing us in, the movie provides only the barest justification for his descent into vigilantism.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2020
Without cluing in Byrd or even Ray, Axel starts back up the driveway.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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