telling
Example Sentences
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“A lot of the markets that we go into have been telling us they can’t hire enough people to do the deliveries and to continue to grow at the pace that customers want,” Rash said.
From Los Angeles Times
Altman waded into the standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon over the use of AI on the battlefield, telling his staff that the company was working on a deal that might help solve the impasse.
"It could be anything from a swear word to telling somebody they're beautiful. I don't know what it's going to be."
From BBC
“I’m telling you, these kids are freaking out — jumping up and down, singing along to all the words. They’re, like, pogo-ing.”
From Los Angeles Times
And right now, it is telling us something we might not want to hear.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.