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significant

[sig-nif-i-kuhnt] / sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənt /




Usage

What are other ways to say significant? The adjectives significant and meaningful, when describing forms of expression, imply an underlying and unexpressed thought whose existence is plainly shown although its precise nature is left to conjecture. Significant suggests conveying important or hidden meaning: On hearing this statement, he gave the officers a significant glance. Meaningful implies a secret and intimate understanding between the persons involved: Meaningful looks passed between them. Expressive suggests conveying, or being capable of conveying, a thought, intention, emotion, etc., in an effective or vivid manner: an expressive gesture. Suggestive implies an indirect or covert conveying of a meaning, sometimes mentally stimulating, sometimes verging on impropriety or indecency: a suggestive story or remark.

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Danbee C. Kim countered that there were significant data and fire pattern indicators that remained, which she called “extremely incriminating” for Rinderknecht.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

When she turned 15, a culturally significant age in the community, her parents gave her a gift to mark her coming-of-age, known in Teochew as "leaving the garden".

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

This digital infrastructure is a significant moat for Palantir, Larry Goldberg, managing partner of venture-capital firm Lumasenti, told MarketWatch earlier this week.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest contract chip maker supplying giants like Nvidia and Apple, said earlier this month that it didn’t expect any significant impact from supply disruptions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

The configuration struck me as significant, in some way that was not entirely clear, everyone except for Bunny—“What’s going on?”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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