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  • verb Present participle of connote.

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Examples

  • For similar reasons, the Japanese do not like the number nine: it has the same pronunciation as “ku,” a word connoting agony and torture.

    Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

  • For similar reasons, the Japanese do not like the number nine: it has the same pronunciation as “ku,” a word connoting agony and torture.

    Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

  • But, clearly, Chambers had left his mark in our small world, his name connoting unimaginable transgressions.

    Wait Till Next Year Doris Kearns Goodwin 1997

  • But, clearly, Chambers had left his mark in our small world, his name connoting unimaginable transgressions.

    Wait Till Next Year Doris Kearns Goodwin 1997

  • There is nothing unusual or "conspiratorial" about such behavior; on the contrary, Wedel argues that what she calls "flex-nets" (a term connoting the flexible professional identities of many members of these networks) are increasingly prevalent in a number of different issue-areas.

    Stephen M. Walt: Shadow Elite : March to War - Why the Neoconservatives Are Not a Cabal or Conspiracy 2010

  • There is nothing unusual or "conspiratorial" about such behavior; on the contrary, Wedel argues that what she calls "flex-nets" (a term connoting the flexible professional identities of many members of these networks) are increasingly prevalent in a number of different issue-areas.

    Shadow Elite : March to War - Why the Neoconservatives Are Not a Cabal or Conspiracy 2010

  • There is nothing unusual or "conspiratorial" about such behavior; on the contrary, Wedel argues that what she calls "flex-nets" a term connoting the flexible professional identities of many members of these networks are increasingly prevalent in a number of different issue-areas.

    Stephen M. Walt: Shadow Elite : March to War - Why the Neoconservatives Are Not a Cabal or Conspiracy Stephen M. Walt 2010

  • Please note that "abuse" is a term connoting willful and purposeful directed actions, and does not include incidental, inadvertent, or unintentional actions.

    Any Time Now... 2006

  • He declared Libya to be a "Jamahiriya" - a word connoting "republic of the masses."

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • He declared Libya to be a "Jamahiriya" -- a word connoting "republic of the masses."

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

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