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telltale

[tel-tayl] / ˈtɛlˌteɪl /


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To his eye, the telltale errors of off-the-shelf A.I. translation tools were obvious.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

"We even showed that the modes persist above the temperature at which superconductivity disappears, a telltale theoretical prediction that has not been convincingly observed before now."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

At the observatory, most neutrinos pass straight through the ice, but occasionally one interacts with it, producing particles that give off a telltale flash of light.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

These telltale signs used to be common in generated texts because the tools had been trained on American scientific writing or American novels, he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

They stepped more carefully when they made it to the area Mark had indicated, and soon they were back at it, searching every square inch for a telltale sign of a trail.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

They found that when a phishing pop-up had clear malevolent telltales, like misspellings, the phone and PC users tended to avoid it at similar rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

“Loss of communication at these screens could interrupt updating of the speedometer, gear selection indicators, telltales and other in-vehicle notifications.”

From The Verge ● May 25, 2022

And because this particular case had so many of those telltales, we went ahead and filed this brief.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2019

Such telltales of a feminist reading are not merely opportune; they are accurate to Shaw’s intent.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2018

Of course, I vouchsafed him no answer, unless he found it in my eyes, which have ever been telltales.

From The House by the Lock by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson


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