connoted

Fifty years ago the word was a schoolyard insult; 25 years ago it connoted job opportunities in the dot-com boom.

In Maya cosmology, Dr. Scherer explained, flint connoted warfare and the sun or sky; obsidian, darkness and sacrifice.

All I ever wanted was to lead with myself as I knew myself, not with my breasts and all that they connoted in the eyes of others.

Each connoted governmental failure to meet a core responsibility: public safety; a stable currency; border integrity.

Before blockbuster connoted box office success, it described any bold or noteworthy production.