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  • verb Present participle of clue.

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Examples

  • Dr. Purnell: who knows, her handling of her unhappiness was instrumental in cluing the public in about Griffin, and therefore useful, but it calls into question her political tactical maturity.

    A Brief History of C'ville Superintendents at cvillenews.com 2005

  • He arrived minutes later, his grave expression cluing me in that this was going to be bad.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • He arrived minutes later, his grave expression cluing me in that this was going to be bad.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • He arrived minutes later, his grave expression cluing me in that this was going to be bad.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • The library's architecture suited its contents, cluing visitors in to the pursuits, passions and vices of its owner.

    Bookish Good Looks Sara Ruffin Costello 2011

  • Huge thanks to Joe Mallozzi for cluing me in to SFFmeta, a site that cross-references official online reviews of different works in the fields of Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction, generates ratings from each, then generates an average score for each book.

    Fast Forward 2: #12 on All-Time High for Reviews Lou Anders 2009

  • My quibble with the Rev was simply the fact that a classically themed puzzle was further complicated by cluing that invariably involved other often arcane literary knowledge or passe cultural references which while I must stress were fine for me and I'm sure the majority of regulars here simply reinforced the prejudice that crosswords are not for the young.

    Cryptic crossword No 25,237 2011

  • The piece is titled, "Would the Bard Have Survived the Web?" and because the authors wait seven paragraphs before cluing me in to the fact that they are making a defense of copyright law, I was prompted to believe that this piece might argue that Shakespeare today might have a hard time competing for cultural space against the myriad distractions that broadband has to offer.

    Argument For Copyright Protection Undermined By Half-Baked Metaphor About Shakespeare The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • So far, bidding has reached 8,000 New Zealand dollars (almost $6,000 U.S.) and Johnson's been busy answering questions about Rocky on the site, fielding puns about rolls in the hay and monthly moss trims and cluing us into Rocky's past (his favorite song is "Eye of a Tiger," and he's managed to kick a crack addiction).

    Christchurch earthquake followup: buy a boulder for charity 2011

  • If you live in a climate where winters tend to be long and cold, then come October, winter is already on your mind because the shorter days and nippier nighttime temperatures are cluing you in to its approach.

    Lighten Up Peter Walsh 2011

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