imply
verb (used with object)
to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated.
is implying
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present progressiveof imply (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Part of the appeal is implying that you can afford to take care of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The level of pessimism has reached a point where tech’s trailing PEG is implying “future earnings will be much weaker and is as low as the trough after the tech bubble burst in 2003-05.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
“What he is implying is that Claudia Sheinbaum and the Mexican government can just say: ‘We’re going to shut down drug trafficking now.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2024
By proposing a surgeon general’s warning label akin to those on tobacco products, Murthy is implying parallels between Big Tech and Big Tobacco.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2024
Not in the way Mustafa is implying, though.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
