connotation

The absence of things really helped to start to put me in a box in a way — not the negative connotation of that — like putting the costume on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

But Vladimir Yavachev, Christo's nephew and now director for the artists' estate following their deaths, said the barrels were not developed with "any connotation to the oil industry or criticism".

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

While taking on more than $100,000 in debt can have a negative connotation, at the time it may have seemed like a sound financial decision.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 14, 2026

"We don't necessarily like jewellery because it's a question of power, and that doesn't necessarily have a good connotation in France," Alexandre Leger, head of heritage at French jeweller Maison Vever, said.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025

"Project Elrond" had taken on a dark connotation throughout the Space Center, veiled in secrecy.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

“The horse elevates the art; symbolically, it carries connotations of elegance and nobility,” González said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Comey has said he did not realize that “86,” a slang term for getting rid of something, had violent connotations.

From Slate ● May 1, 2026

"The phrase national emergency has particular connotations... it means for a period you change your democracy and you disapply some elements of our democratic society," she told BBC Breakfast.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

But she added that she is aware the term has taken on some negative connotations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

For the moment, though, let us just note that there is a word which, for Protestants at least, had many of the connotations of ‘revolution’, and that word is ‘reformation’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton