as in indicates
to convey an idea indirectly
they may have implied that they'd help, but they didn't actually say so
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Recent Examples of implies
Their premise is that international-relations scholars are flailing in part because they’re trained to think of their field, as its name implies, as affairs between and among states.
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Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Analyst Robert Mollins’ price target of $5,440 implies an upside of 28%.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
As the name implies, golden visas don't come cheap.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
His 2021 novelization of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is brimming with Cliff lore, and the sequel, as its title implies, puts Cliff front and center.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
Aristidou implies that the adult and the minor speak a common language.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
Lulu, as her name implies, is a bit off — but for lack of stronger competition, she’s put in charge of two well-off adolescents for a few nights each week.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2026
That implies fourth quarter EPS at between 76 cents to 81 cents, below Wall Street’s consensus of 91 cents.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
As the term implies, signals intelligence involves the detection and decryption of electromagnetic signals — adversary communications, for example, or emissions from missiles or other weapons systems.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Analyst Robert Mollins’ price target of $5,440 implies an upside of 28%.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
As the name implies, golden visas don't come cheap.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
His 2021 novelization of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is brimming with Cliff lore, and the sequel, as its title implies, puts Cliff front and center.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
Aristidou implies that the adult and the minor speak a common language.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
Lulu, as her name implies, is a bit off — but for lack of stronger competition, she’s put in charge of two well-off adolescents for a few nights each week.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2026
That implies fourth quarter EPS at between 76 cents to 81 cents, below Wall Street’s consensus of 91 cents.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
As the term implies, signals intelligence involves the detection and decryption of electromagnetic signals — adversary communications, for example, or emissions from missiles or other weapons systems.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implies
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While OpenAI hasn’t yet settled on a way to implement ads for its blockbuster chatbot, an early screenshot the company showed off during its announcement late last year indicates that free-tier users will likely be painfully aware that the company is trying to sell them something.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
5 Feb. 2026
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The beatdown on Alphabet shares came despite better-than-forecast revenue growth that indicates the company’s advertising sales are in no way being cannibalized by consumer adoption of AI, including its own Gemini AI chatbot and its AI Mode in Google Search.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Her work and seniority suggests that she should have been made a partner a while back.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
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But Queen at Sea quickly reveals itself to be stranger and more unsettling than its surface suggests.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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More than a month later, single-stair advocates are still waiting on that report — though a draft version obtained by CalMatters hints that the office may be considering a modest change to the state building code.—
CalMatters,
Oc Register,
10 Feb. 2026
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Now, for the first time, an experiment hints that an ape in captivity can have an imagination.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Implies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implies. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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