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an idea or quality that is suggested by a word or thing
a word with positive connotations The word "childlike" has connotations of innocence.
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Recent Examples of connotation
Bone Lake gives an entirely different connotation to a dog of course.
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2025
Others have a negative connotation, viewing them as extraneous measures for pet projects that balloon congressional spending.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025
If the otherwise silly story of Vance’s vacation has a serious side, then his choice of destination has curious symbolic connotations, too.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
Exercise should invoke positive connotations, not negative ones.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2025
Others have a negative connotation, viewing them as extraneous measures for pet projects that balloon congressional spending.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025
If the otherwise silly story of Vance’s vacation has a serious side, then his choice of destination has curious symbolic connotations, too.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
Exercise should invoke positive connotations, not negative ones.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for connotation
Noun
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The ban also had significant implications for education.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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These results have significant implications for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the theory describing the strong force.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bryce Young has to be better After building up an immense sense of goodwill, locally and nationally, with his second-half performance from last year, Young essentially melted away in the Jacksonville heat.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Giving people a greater sense of agency.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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What could have been a transformative meditation on mourning too often slips into surface-level spectacle, leaving the audience to piece together meaning from a scattershot collage of influences.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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That's because nudity can take on drastically different meanings.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Check out our hints and answers right here.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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From cracks near its south pole, the moon blasts towering geysers of water vapor, ice and organic molecules into space, which are tantalizing hints of a hidden ocean that could, in theory, be habitable.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Advocates see that high violation rate as an indication that regulators are missing even more abuses in the fields.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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Hundreds of millions of smartphones are shipped in one quarter alone, and there’s little indication that smart glasses will ever be nearly as widely adopted.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even before Google’s AI Overview began taking clicks from definitions written by flesh-and-bone lexicographers, the trajectory of the industry was clear.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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If creators provide any additional content or benefits to subscribers, that subscription cost would not fit the current definition of a tip.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In my experience as an outfitter, Altra has always been my go-to suggestion whenever a customer walks in complaining about foot problems.—
Alice Bennett,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Sep. 2025
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Have suggestions for future picks?—
Melody Wilding,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In order to embolden and support his organization, bin Laden often videotaped himself with messages aimed at his target audience, established training centers in Afghanistan, had an expansive funding network that included wealthy individuals, couriers, mosques and other complex ways to raise funds.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Inside the West Wing, staff sat in shocked silence, scrolling to see the latest updates of news on their phones and messages on their computer screens.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Connotation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connotation. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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