connotation
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The absence of things really helped to start to put me in a box in a way — not the negative connotation of that — like putting the costume on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
But another connotation of a family fight is that the argument stays behind closed doors and outsiders really don’t know what the issues are, Englander noted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
But Vladimir Yavachev, Christo's nephew and now director for the artists' estate following their deaths, said the barrels were not developed with "any connotation to the oil industry or criticism".
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
"I started having a negative connotation doing anything towards him."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025
In Nahuatl, the words almost shimmer with connotation: what was true was well grounded, stable and immutable, enduring above all.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
The way words are perceived can change too, with connotations morphing from negative to positive.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
“The horse elevates the art; symbolically, it carries connotations of elegance and nobility,” González said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Comey has said he did not realize that “86,” a slang term for getting rid of something, had violent connotations.
From Slate ● May 1, 2026
Sellers’s “talent was diabolical,” writes Mr. Lewis, embracing the full connotations of the word.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
The way he looked carried so many powerful connotations that it stopped the normal process of thinking dead in its tracks.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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