insinuation
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"There was this insinuation that we weren't really part of those histories," she said, "but when you look back, there was so much there."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The insinuation is that such statements are “just words,” and to have any strong reaction to them is hysterical and overblown.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
“You are … on notice, before release, that the insinuation is false, that the material refuting it is public, and that you chose not to be told the rest,” Spiro wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Forrest, the attorney, declined to comment on matters related to the Fiserv litigation but said “any insinuation that there was a lack of investment in the company is false.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
There was a note of insinuation in his voice, and I looked up from tying my shoe, breathing with conscious evenness.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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