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inkling

[ingk-ling] / ˈɪŋk lɪŋ /


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“I had no inkling that it was Janie, none, even though she had told me weeks later, that she did it and blah, blah, blah,” Ortiz told me.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

She said: "We had no inkling that the shoot was going to be used for Vogue."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

“I had an inkling that she was ready to play an adult role.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

Note the type of questions the employee asks—do they indicate the person has an inkling of what you need them to do?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

Jo is lucky, he’d told Theo—she has “no inkling of life’s sadness.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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