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[im-plahy] / ɪmˈplaɪ /


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Tongue probably did not mean to imply Root brings a greater calmness than Stokes, yet few would argue he has taken the intensity down a notch or two.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

"While these are merely requests and do not imply that visitors will be forcibly asked to leave, we earnestly ask for your understanding of the intent behind these guidelines and your cooperation," its statement said.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Any beat in catastrophes would imply upside relative to guidance, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

And to imply that all editors are psychotic, it’s just nonsensical.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Supporters of bilingual education today imply that students like me miss a great deal by not being taught in their family’s language.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

“Revenue growth rates had accelerated for five straight quarters going back to summer 2025,” Lango said, adding that third-quarter revenue guidance implies a deceleration in growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

The neoclouds are destined to be “cyclical leasing companies,” according to BCA analyst Noah Weisberger, which implies low valuations for the stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

“Gen Z” implies something intrinsic about the people.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Chatterjee also established a $250 price target, which implies room for the stock to run 29% higher through December 2027.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

“That implies a detached attitude. I think my attitude is more selfish. I have learned to save myself useless emotion.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

“That’s fine with me, but most people default to ‘it’ since I’m an AI, so I don’t have a body or personal identity,” replied Claude—with a silent, but heavily implied, You idiots.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Even the handful of beautiful, hand-painted practical backgrounds seem to be laden with implied allegory.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

Smith also implied that instead of being hammered by the NABJ, he should be celebrated because he is about to be inducted into the Broadcasting+Cable Hall of Fame.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The extent of this growth means consumption has grown despite a reduction in real disposable income over the last year or so — which would have previously implied a recession.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

But the term ‘natural philosophy’ was unsatisfactory because it implied the new philosophy was rather like the old, that it had no practical application.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The OpenAI token on Friday was trading at $837, implying an $837 billion valuation.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

“Those investors stood to acquire a permanent financial interest in FIFA’s commercial arm for $4.2 billion, implying an absurdly low enterprise value of only approximately $20 billion,” the filing added.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow was "semi-routine," while implying that the intelligence chief was in the Russian capital to discuss the Ukraine war.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

"In one of our strains, we saw that offspring from older mothers had a longer lifespan, implying a genetic mechanism may be involved in that beneficial effect."

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

We imagine them arranged in great lazy herds for as far as the eye can see, with patterns on their skin, an adaptive camouflage implying that they have problems too.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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