telltale
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“The decent gains in this category are, in my view, a telltale sign that the consumer feels OK.”
From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026
Nevertheless, there was that telltale pricking at the eyes when your mind begins to think about what might have been.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
A telltale sign, in many, was a request for money or an offer to rewrite his résumé for a fee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Photos of the food on the menu are a telltale sign that it is geared toward tourists.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
He taught Ellsberg to constantly scan the barbed wire fences along the road, looking for a shiny edge that hadn’t had time to rust, the telltale sign of a recent slice.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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