as in indication
a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)
the newscaster could not resist giving a slight intimation that the voting was going contrary to predictions
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Ditto the flashbacks to her middle-class family back in the West African country, who can afford to hire armed security guards while intimations of civil war percolate around them.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024
The research paper on which Ladapo based his intimation that the vaccines breach the FDA’s DNA contamination standard is self-refuting.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
Also, why would a plastic doll have intimations of mortality?
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
At least Barbie was jolted into action by a stabbing intimation of mortality.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024
The research paper on which Ladapo based his intimation that the vaccines breach the FDA’s DNA contamination standard is self-refuting.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
Also, why would a plastic doll have intimations of mortality?
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
At least Barbie was jolted into action by a stabbing intimation of mortality.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
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“Intimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimation. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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