suggestive
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Consultant gynaecologist Donna Ghosh, said: "What we're really focusing on is reducing the delay in diagnosis. Patients who are suffering from symptoms that are suggestive of endometriosis will reach that diagnosis sooner."
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
For example, errors in memory or suggestive questioning during eyewitness interviews can influence how events are remembered.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
The evidence for both near-death experiences and childhood memories of previous lives is persuasive in terms of the credibility of the sources and verified facts, but much of it is strongly suggestive instead of dispositive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
“Core goods prices may be slightly stronger, but we do not expect much abnormal strength that would be suggestive of substantial tariff pass through.”
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
In the bottom-left-hand corner of Apian’s diagram he has drawn some mountains, suggestive of a real place, perhaps even a reference to the Alps.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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