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- verb Present participle of
imply ..
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Examples
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Further, according to Ambrose3 “the word ‘owner’ is a term implying power.”a But man has no power over external things, since he can work no change in their nature.
The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997
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Not only are the terms "donor" and "recipient" anachronistic, but even the word "aid" itself needs to be shelved – all countries benefit from development co-operation, so a word implying charity is misleading.
The OECD should give up control of the aid agenda | Jonathan Glennie 2011
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Space, the term implying the possibility of placing something there without displacing anything else.
A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga William Walker Atkinson 1897
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EU negotiators had accepted "legal instrument" in one draft as a phrase implying a more binding commitment.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Jon Herskovitz 2011
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EU negotiators had accepted "legal instrument" in one draft as a phrase implying a more binding commitment.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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More than that, it's not just a PSP Go style smartphone, it's the first PlayStation Certified phone, a designation implying that there will be more of them.
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EU negotiators had accepted "legal instrument" in one draft as a phrase implying a more binding commitment.
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EU negotiators had accepted "legal instrument" in one draft as a phrase implying a more binding commitment.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Jon Herskovitz 2011
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Shame is a term implying a feeling rather than a habit; like fear, it has a physical effect, producing blushes, and seems, in fact, to be fear of disrepute.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Various 1909
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He replied, “To below,” a term implying that he was from New York.
Life and Times of Washington Schroeder, J. F. 1903
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