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
Some would now be addressed by a company’s HR department, but back then they were considered the norm, including innuendo.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
While the mixed chats devolve into spaces for laddish toilet jokes, innuendos, and obsessions with drinking, the gals dissect the men without restraint.
—Kassondra Cloos, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2025
Spring is approaching, innuendo is blooming and the ceiling in the Rays clubhouse is dripping.
—John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025
In making a film about his formative experiences, Lent uses subtle innuendos to arrive at complete clarity about sexuality without being obvious.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
While the mixed chats devolve into spaces for laddish toilet jokes, innuendos, and obsessions with drinking, the gals dissect the men without restraint.
—Kassondra Cloos, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2025
Spring is approaching, innuendo is blooming and the ceiling in the Rays clubhouse is dripping.
—John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025
In making a film about his formative experiences, Lent uses subtle innuendos to arrive at complete clarity about sexuality without being obvious.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for innuendo
Noun
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Just the same, there is an argument with the free-market champion’s insinuation that TikTok and other social media should be blamed for socialism’s alleged popularity.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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And so Tyla’s comments were also taken as an insinuation of superiority over Black people.—
Funmi Fetto,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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By reducing noise and missing values, AI simplifies data imputation, categorization and clustering, improving data accessibility.—
Sandeep Shilawat,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Multiple imputation became the go-to technique in medicine.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Oct. 2024
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The biggest risk with AI is trust: The capability to understand the content or suggestions that AI provides, as well as its decision process.—
Agur Jõgi,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Any suggestions besides just avoiding her? — Frustrated Daughter-in-law Dear Frustrated: Call her on it.—
R. Eric Thomas,
The Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Innuendo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innuendo. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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