tell

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Complicating matters, the traditional way of calculating the cost of mining bitcoin may no longer tell the whole story.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

When I tell people I have a job facilitating book clubs, the first response is almost always, “That’s a job?”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

These units, known as codons, tell cells which amino acids to use when building proteins.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

That famous wording is itself a tell, a rhetorical device pointing to the fact that the emerging revolution’s values needed to be articulated in writing.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

I turn back to the family and tell them that their server will be with them momentarily before heading back to the front.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam