as in insinuation
a slyly or subtly derogatory remark
repeatedly made innuendos regarding his opponent's business dealings but feigned innocence when called upon to substantiate them
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Recent Examples of innuendo
The real question is how did the original − which included its own share of violence, mild profanity, innuendo and macabre content − only have a PG rating?
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Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
Erik did not directly address the show’s innuendo that the brothers were lovers.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
Or — or giving little innuendos. DETECTIVE: This would be the stairs going up.
—CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024
There isn’t a word more apt than fun to describe what it’s been like watching Roan build a pop empire of her own, or hearing Carpenter wrap the wildest innuendoes in the sweetest pop melodies; but there are also traces of genre-spanning influences throughout their records.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024
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Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
Erik did not directly address the show’s innuendo that the brothers were lovers.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
Or — or giving little innuendos. DETECTIVE: This would be the stairs going up.
—CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024
There isn’t a word more apt than fun to describe what it’s been like watching Roan build a pop empire of her own, or hearing Carpenter wrap the wildest innuendoes in the sweetest pop melodies; but there are also traces of genre-spanning influences throughout their records.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for innuendo
Noun
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Was the insinuation that the governor hadn’t even brought his gun?Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
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Kylian Mbappé will not tolerate under any circumstances that his integrity, reputation and honor be tarnished by unfounded insinuations.George Ramsay and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
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Multiple imputation became the go-to technique in medicine.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
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According to reports from the BLS, around 50% of the CPI data is based on imputations, meaning that roughly half of the information used to calculate the Consumer Price Index is estimated, not direct measures of prices; interest rates (important credit prices) are not directly included.William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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Tricia had just moved to the area from Florida and didn’t have any suggestions as to where to go.Allie Volpe, Vox, 14 Nov. 2024
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Does Miss Manners have a suggestion for a polite way of indicating that, since they couldn’t be bothered to acknowledge the first gift, subsequent gifts should not be solicited?Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Innuendo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innuendo. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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