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indicative

[in-dik-uh-tiv] / ɪnˈdɪk ə tɪv /


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The interest, formal and indicative offers were being evaluated "with a view to minimising uncertainty for Poundland's people and all relevant stakeholders."

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The New York-based private-equity group this month said that represented its best and final indicative offer in the absence of a superior rival bid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Sleek branding, user-friendly websites, a bespoke logo crafted by a human and not a machine… it’s all indicative of competence nowadays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Some of these involved risks related to national security and other concerns, including transactions "indicative of Chinese money laundering networks" and illicit finance around the southwest US border.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

The two eras were not so much in opposition as they were complementary developments, indicative of a single fact: Students at the new middle-class campus lacked deep appreciation of their social advantages.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

The forms Fotobi, Fokorobi, and Fusabi are all given present indicatives in bu.

From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Richard L. Spear


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