1
as in indication
a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)
if you don't want to give the suggestion that you're evading the truth, you must look your questioner in the eye
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2
as in proposal
something which is presented for consideration
no one had any better suggestions, so as usual we spent the afternoon at the basketball court
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3
as in hint
an almost imperceptible sign of something
we took care to avoid so much as even a suggestion of impropriety
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Recent Examples of suggestion
There’s no public evidence proving or disproving the Biss campaign’s suggestion.
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Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
Have a suggestion for a future story?
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
The video content and some capabilities, such as suggestions based on existing Health app data, will be repurposed and introduced as early as this year.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Finish it off with a lemon twist, a few olives, or one of the more out-of-the-box suggestions below.
—Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
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Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
Have a suggestion for a future story?
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
The video content and some capabilities, such as suggestions based on existing Health app data, will be repurposed and introduced as early as this year.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Finish it off with a lemon twist, a few olives, or one of the more out-of-the-box suggestions below.
—Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for suggestion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suggestion
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
Noun
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Trump has addressed the home affordability issue more frequently in recent months and introduced a series of proposals aimed at easing the problem.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Hochul’s proposal would codify letting PAs do almost everything a physician does, including diagnose, without review.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
8 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
Noun
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Your dreams may surface useful clues, so consider writing them down and looking up the symbolism later.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
10 Feb. 2026
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The rollout and design of the Obamas’ healthy-eating initiatives offer some clues as to how this happened.—
Annie Levin,
Washington Post,
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
Noun
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In 1906, efforts to combine the desert landscapes led to a proposal to make New Mexico and Arizona into a single state, but Arizona voters overwhelmingly rejected this idea and continued to fight for their own statehood.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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It's also linked with ideas about women and their sexuality and consumption.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Suggestion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suggestion. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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