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as in indication
a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)
if you don't want to give the suggestion that you're evading the truth, you must look your questioner in the eye
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as in proposal
something which is presented for consideration
no one had any better suggestions, so as usual we spent the afternoon at the basketball court
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as in hint
an almost imperceptible sign of something
we took care to avoid so much as even a suggestion of impropriety
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Recent Examples of suggestion
Obviously, Rodgers kept starting for the Jets and has played in every game this season, but some people were reportedly stunned by the suggestion.
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
Democrats are pushing back on any suggestion of a GOP mandate over Washington come next year.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
And Roy had three key suggestions for how Brad could tweak his process, starting with the sourdough starter.
RS: Got to be a stiff starter.
—Bon Appétit, 18 Dec. 2024
The findings were published in a two-part report detailing how many children had attended Indian boarding schools, how many had died, the number and location of burial sites, how much federal funding the schools had received, and suggestions for moving forward.
—Miyo McGinn, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
Democrats are pushing back on any suggestion of a GOP mandate over Washington come next year.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
And Roy had three key suggestions for how Brad could tweak his process, starting with the sourdough starter.
RS: Got to be a stiff starter.
—Bon Appétit, 18 Dec. 2024
The findings were published in a two-part report detailing how many children had attended Indian boarding schools, how many had died, the number and location of burial sites, how much federal funding the schools had received, and suggestions for moving forward.
—Miyo McGinn, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suggestion
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There is no indication that a college degree is required. 8.Terina Allen, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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New indications will continue to come out beyond weight loss.Emily Burns, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, a proposal to get the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to hold bitcoin and gold has been put forward by a group of 10 people in Switzerland, which now needs to collect 100,000 signatures over the next 18 months before it can be put to a public referendum.Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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This was inspired by a similar proposal the Biden administration made early last year.Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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The especially dry offering from the 295-year-old Champagne house in Reims, France noses with fresh grapefruit, marzipan and a hint of jasmine tea.Brad Japhe, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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As anyone who's been to Atlantic City can tell you, video poker's hold-and-draw hand-building involves only the barest hint of strategy and is designed so the house always wins.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
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Looking for Sunday’s Wordle hints, clues and answer?Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Rise adds a few interesting new twists, like the ability to scrub through occasional video animations for visual clues and the ability to track certain scenes throughout multiple times of day.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
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The addition also includes Shazam, which helps users to identify songs and media through cues, but perhaps the most interesting new feature is the ability of the device to perform as a translator in real time for some of the most common language pairs used in many parts of the world.John Werner, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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This fall, the city of Austin also took a cue from San Francisco, passing a series of new sound policies aimed at protecting both venues and neighbors.Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
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Swed, our resident optimist, reminded us that the formula for artistic success is straightforward, if not simple: Artists create big ideas, boards work to fund them, audiences reward the risk.Craig Nakano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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The idea was to present ideas to the league about what team executives were seeing from their day-to-day perches atop the soccer operations’ hierarchies around MLS.Emily Olsen, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Suggestion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suggestion. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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