indicative
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First-quarter results should therefore not be taken as indicative for the rest of 2026, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
“These OIG reports are based on a very small subset of specifically selected nursing homes and are not indicative of national trends,” Holly Harmon, a vice president of the trade association AHCA/NCAL, tells MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
One of them is a title so generic, so blandly inoffensive yet simultaneously indicative of hope, resolve, or insider knowledge as to be, ultimately, unmemorable.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
The new financing “is indicative of the confidence the market has in our vision for One Beverly Hills,” said Jonathan Goldstein, chief executive of London real estate investment firm Cain.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Observations on several flocks of sheep and a herd of beef cattle are indicative of the poisoning and death that threatened livestock as well.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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