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a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)
vainly searched for a clue to the answer
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Recent Examples of clue
Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Swelling, pain or redness in the legs, especially one leg, is also a clue to watch for.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 10 Feb. 2026
Usa Today, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Bluemercury was gracious enough to clue our editors in on what its hottest products of the season are, so that you can be better informed when filling your cart with moisturizers, shampoos, serums, hair styling tools, eyeliners, and all sorts of other beauty essentials.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
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Noun
More than a week after Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her Tucson home, authorities offered few clues.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Swelling, pain or redness in the legs, especially one leg, is also a clue to watch for.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
Mercury’s clash with Chiron will help clue you into the cause.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Bluemercury was gracious enough to clue our editors in on what its hottest products of the season are, so that you can be better informed when filling your cart with moisturizers, shampoos, serums, hair styling tools, eyeliners, and all sorts of other beauty essentials.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clue
Noun
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The sharp drop in return trips by car to Canada is a direct indication that border economies might be facing stress.—
Frédéric Dimanche,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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As of Friday, there is no indication of a party filing a notice of opposition to Malinin’s pending registration.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The singer then materialized and handed the boy one of his Grammys and told him always to believe in himself.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Crashes, luge athletes will tell you, are part of the game, a necessary teaching tool that helps young lugers learn how to navigate sliding on their back down an icy course, sometimes faster than 90 miles per hour.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There are some hints that weighted blankets can help with anxiety, chronic pain and sleep.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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At song’s end, the camera moved over to big-screen photos of the late Charlie Kirk and his widow, Erika Kirk, who is now in charge of TPUSA, followed by a fade to darkness and closing credit that still did not offer many hints where the performance was taking place.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The experience informed his attitude toward the Oklahoma Insurance Department, with which Coppermark has had a long and litigious relationship.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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Facts need to be robustly and responsibly established before they’re used to inform our decision-making process.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Yet the elegant minimalism of the three spokes—made completely from recycled aluminum—remains the overarching aesthetic cue.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
9 Feb. 2026
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Emotion through motion and light The robots express emotion through several visual cues.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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MyPlate advised sticking to low-fat dairy, as seen in the low-fat yogurt and the glass of low-fat milk with dinner.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Be advised, though, that many of Carrizo Plain’s roads are dirt and become all but impassable in wet weather.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But there’s no suggestion that this move would help African producers to overcome the bottlenecks, such as poor energy infrastructure and high financing costs, that hold back attempts to add more value locally.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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The suggestion set the internet ablaze with speculation shortly after Bad Bunny made the gesture around the halftime show's midpoint.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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You'll be notified whether any disciplinary or corrective action was taken, according to the city website.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Feb. 2026
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Hayden, her lawyer, said he had not been notified of the transfer.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Clue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clue. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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