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[ingk-ling] / ˈɪŋk lɪŋ /


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"Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn between 2004 and 2017, showed no inkling of a long-lived formation, either. The Hubble data confirmed the feature's presence back to 2023."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

But it’s ludicrous that the country’s ace legal reporters never provided the public even an inkling of these legal defects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

"I always had an inkling that it wouldn't actually go through, because the public consultations have gone on and on and on," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

“That was my first really inkling of what my daddy did,” he said, “and the type of people that were at the club.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

He would have flown home that night if he had perceived any inkling of distress in her.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

That’s how science works: You come up with a good idea backed by some inklings of evidence, you gather more information, and you often learn you were wrong.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2025

“Family Remix” captures that process in the docuseries, starting from his first inklings of wanting to chronicle each step through his first-person account in People magazine.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2024

And what were your first inklings that this wasn’t the whole story?

From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023

The New-England-like region gives first inklings of that hygge feeling — the Danish word for quiet winter comfort.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

But that orphans’ home inspired no inklings of thankfulness in my heart.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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