bespeaks

present tense third-person singular of bespeak
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as in books
to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use bespoke the rental car weeks in advance of their trip

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as in indicates
to serve as a sign or symptom of her impressive virtuosity as a pianist bespeaks years of diligent practice

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Verb
  • Erika Doss/Prime After Belly and Jere call off the wedding, Belly goes to the airport and books a flight to Paris.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The ski resort also books local DJs to play at restaurants on the mountain, because dancing is the best way to stay warm – trust us.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
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  • Elon Musk reveals $1 billion stock purchase of Tesla.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The reliance on older tanks pulled from storage, refurbs, and export/show models being re-routed for combat reveals pressures on the Russian armored force structure.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • Stripping away these lipids and allergenic proteins is the first step in creating the empty capsules for drug delivery that Csaba seeks.
    Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Both companies now compete for customers, and OpenAI seeks more compute capacity than Microsoft can provide.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • The percentage indicates how much of the fire perimeter has been surrounded by a control line.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • District data indicates that only about 600 students left for private schools.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • Separately, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex also displays the hatches from the Apollo 1 command module that prevented three astronauts from escaping a fire in the capsule during a 1967 test on the launch pad.
    Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The humanoid displays visual recognition capabilities during this instance, reacting to a wave by waving back and performing human-like locomotion by imitating humans.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • But a PCMag reader pointed out the application requests permission to conduct the tests at a Pendleton, Oregon, airport site used for unmanned aircraft, including from a Boeing company called Insitu.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Deliver a genuine human experience that starts from the moment a client requests more information and lasts beyond the receipt of their purchase.
    Brandon Aversano, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • This means designing curricula that force students to grapple with complexity before introducing AI assistance.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Whether that means living tiny on a beautiful plot of land or looking to add more livable square footage to your backyard, this open tiny home with lots of charm has endless possibilities at only 209 square feet.
    Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • The Other Side of the Contest Award shows focus on who wins, but every contest has another side.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The trend shows that attackers can leverage emerging AI during the hacking process, including attack scenario planning, malware development, building their tools and to impersonate job recruiters, said Mun Chong-hyun, director at Genians.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Bespeaks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bespeaks. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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