connote
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He claimed her firing was “for cause,” a term whose precise legal meaning hasn’t been adjudicated but is widely interpreted to connote gross malfeasance or some such offense in office.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
Our house didn’t connote individuality any more than a GHW does; if anything, it connoted that we fit in—that we lived in the same kind of house as lots of our neighbors.
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2025
While the color of fresh olive oil does not connote quality, the color change as it sits on a shelf does.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2025
“It is a type of affinity with the American worker, and I think it does connote an image of male virility and machismo that is important for a leader who wants to appear strong.”
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022
And now the cup, the ring and two unironed waiter’s aprons at home were the only concrete objects left to connote that a man had once lived.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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