hint
noun
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue.
Example Sentences
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U.S. stock-index futures were little changed on Sunday after a quiet week on Wall Street, as investors await hints from the Fed concerning the outlook for interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
Federal data hints at a broader slowdown in what had been HSI’s most urgent work.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has abandoned his predecessors’ hints, called “forward guidance,” pledging to let the data talk instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Composer Yuta Bandoh’s lovely score hints at Otone and Kensuke’s pent-up sorrow, even after Kakeru is returned to them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Every thing declared it; his own attentions, his father’s hints, his mother-in-law’s guarded silence; it was all in unison; words, conduct, discretion, and indiscretion, told the same story.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
