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as in spicy
hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent
making unwelcome suggestive remarks to a subordinate will be regarded as sexual harassment
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as in reminiscent
provoking a memory or mental association
a haunting and suggestive song about a long-lost love
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as in revealing
clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)
the dog's aggressive behavior is suggestive of some past mistreatment
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Recent Examples of suggestive
And yet, just of late, the stock is exhibiting characteristics suggestive of a bottom.
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Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2025
Copying artworks was a respectable pastime for middle- and upper-class Victorian women, though once again, Tissot leaves the narrative open to a suggestive analysis.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
The autopsy revealed evidence that was suggestive, but nothing in the pathologist’s report, not even the shot in the left side of the head, could totally rule out suicide.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
Zuckerberg has just recently emerged from his own masculinist makeover, which turned him from a pale coder to a buff and bronzed bro, and his openly suggestive glance at Sanchez’s exposed chest seemed like an appropriate capstone to Trump’s Inaugural Address.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
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Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2025
Copying artworks was a respectable pastime for middle- and upper-class Victorian women, though once again, Tissot leaves the narrative open to a suggestive analysis.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
The autopsy revealed evidence that was suggestive, but nothing in the pathologist’s report, not even the shot in the left side of the head, could totally rule out suicide.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
Zuckerberg has just recently emerged from his own masculinist makeover, which turned him from a pale coder to a buff and bronzed bro, and his openly suggestive glance at Sanchez’s exposed chest seemed like an appropriate capstone to Trump’s Inaugural Address.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suggestive
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The Belgian blonde Buddy System is a spicy 6.4%, and the German-style helles checks in at 5.8%.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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News how Shepard reacted to watching her steamy scenes with Brody, 44, in the spicy series.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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With their 2010 Super Bowl victory a one-off triumph, so far at least, and the team experiencing a fallow period since, their rise and fall is reminiscent of Leicester City, which in 2023 became only the second former Premier League champion to subsequently get relegated.—
Eduardo Tansley,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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One pink gown, with dramatic feathering at the bottom, was reminiscent of 1920s-style flapper glam.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Perhaps the most revealing aspect of Amazon’s announcement is its unusually direct acknowledgment that product discovery happens off-platform.—
Kiri Masters,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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There’s a revealing insight that pulls back the curtain on Hershey Felder’s ambitious point of view.—
David John Chávez,
The Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2025
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However, these arrangements were not mere shakedowns; they were anchored in strategic diplomacy and geopolitical calculus, rather than vulgar profiteering.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Her Facebook and email had been flooded with vulgar, inflammatory responses.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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The Parthenon Marbles: The Case for Reunification By Christopher Hitchens Christopher Hitchens, among the most eloquent and forceful advocates of rejoining the Parthenon marbles, helped tilt me toward the cause of repatriation.—
Ralph Leonard,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
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They’re aided throughout by Bryce Dessner’s string score and eloquent, salt-of-the-earth narration from Will Patton (who also recorded the audiobook, repeating choice lines of Johnson’s at key moments here).—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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Yellow is the easiest, while purple is the hardest, and green and blue are of medium difficulty.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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Illinois and Indiana, as a whole, are vastly different politically and culturally: a blue state and red state side by side in the center of the nation, separated by a 159-mile border, with divergent laws on everything from reproductive rights to gun control to gender-affirming health care.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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While Wallace and Gromit boast fluid and highly expressive movement, Norbot was quite the opposite.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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An additional compilation of designers that was expressive and fitting for the ultra-busy week was the Black In Fashion Council showroom–this special organization created by Lindsay Peoples and Sandrine Charles has been highlighting brands for a decade.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
13 Feb. 2025
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The investigation was commissioned after a 2023 report by The Wall Street Journal, which documented strip club visits, lewd messages, heavy drinking and bullying at the government agency.—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
27 Feb. 2025
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All of the suspects were charged with the felonies of contacting a minor for lewd purposes and arranging a meeting with a minor for the same offense.—
Cameron Macdonald,
The Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Suggestive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suggestive. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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