Examples of indication in a Sentence
Her evaluation will give me a good indication of where I stand in the class.
There were indications that he was thinking of changing jobs.
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Yet for all the drama in the newsroom, public grievances lodged by senior journalists, and relentless media coverage depicting the Post in crisis, there is little indication that Bezos is fazed.
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Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
The administration’s approach to the Ukraine war is a good indication of what the next four years are going to look like.
—Phil Terrana, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025
The death is the first indication women were also being housed in West, which has been a male facility for decades.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Meta doesn’t deny that in its fact-check but merely cites a New York Times article that disclosed the existence of such an app but didn’t find an indication that it had been offered to the Chinese regime.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
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Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
The administration’s approach to the Ukraine war is a good indication of what the next four years are going to look like.
—Phil Terrana, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025
The death is the first indication women were also being housed in West, which has been a male facility for decades.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Meta doesn’t deny that in its fact-check but merely cites a New York Times article that disclosed the existence of such an app but didn’t find an indication that it had been offered to the Chinese regime.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Indication.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indication. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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indication
noun
in·di·ca·tion
ˌin-də-ˈkā-shən 
1
: the action of indicating
2
: something that indicates : sign, suggestion
Medical Definition
indication
noun
in·di·ca·tion
ˌin-də-ˈkā-shən
1
a
: a symptom or particular circumstance that indicates the advisability or necessity of a specific medical treatment or procedure
postpartum hemorrhage is the chief indication for the use of ergot preparations and derivatives—C. H. Thienes
C. H. Thienes
b
: something that is indicated as advisable or necessary
in case of collapse the immediate indication is artificial respiration—The Journal of the American Medical Association
The Journal of the American Medical Association2
: the degree indicated in a specific instance or at a specific time on a graduated physical instrument (as a thermometer)
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