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implication

[im-pli-kay-shuhn] / ˌɪm plɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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In a statement issued on Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates-based airline said it "categorically rejects any finding, conclusion or implication that suggests the airline has ever been involved in improper commercial arrangements".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

But the implication of overt coercion is always bubbling beneath the surface.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

That’s one implication of a remark by Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith yesterday at Journal House, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Which is the implication given by the term: that there might be a single cause for something terrible.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Eddington was shocked by that implication, and he refused to believe Chandrasekhar’s result.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

The Globe program applies to a small slice of medicines, but is expected to have far-reaching implications if it survives legal challenges and demonstrates cost savings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Researchers throughout the United States widely regard the Nova system when studying the correlation between the prolonged consumption of ultraprocessed foods and resulting health implications because the U.S. doesn’t have a definition of its own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The note was brief, but the implications are big: The chief economist of private-equity giant Apollo Global Management thinks agentic AI could spark a bank run.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The work may also have implications far beyond spaceflight.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Struggling to think through the implications of Vespucci’s claim, they needed a way of referring to what we call the Earth, or the world—the single globe formed of land and sea.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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