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The FCC and NTIA have identified 49 DTV at-risk markets that data suggest are the least prepared for the DTV switch, including the FCC's own hometown of Washington, DC (number 49 on this list).

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  1. transitive verb To offer for consideration or action; propose: suggest things for children to do; suggested that we take a walk.
  2. transitive verb To bring or call to mind by logic or association; evoke: a cloud that suggests a mushroom; a ringlike symbol suggesting unity.
  3. transitive verb To make evident indirectly; intimate or imply: a silence that suggested disapproval.
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  • One thing I may take the liberty to suggest, which is, when you come to the fables, might it not be advisable to print the whole of the Tales of Boccace in a smaller type in the original language? —  Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries)
  • As the name suggest, diversified funds are supposed to spread investments among a number of different securities to reduce the risk inherent in investing. —  The Economic Times
  • As its name suggest, this herbal pill can help increase the amount of semen and sperm your body produces for a more intense, more powerful orgasm. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Simple and it does exactly what the name suggest: It switches the inbuilt dictionary. —  ThinkPHP /dev/blog
  • Can you suggest which is the best brand for modular kitchens we have in India? please suggest which brands are doing well in market and your feedback if u have installed any —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
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  1. Latin suggerere, suggest- : sub-, up; see sub- + gerere, to carry.

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  1. from Latin suggestus, past participle of suggerere (later Italian suggerire = Spanish sugerir = Portuguese suggerir = French suggérer), carry or bring under, furnish, supply, produce, excite, advise, suggest, from sub, under, + gerere, bear, carry: see gerent. Cf. congest, digest, ingest, etc.
 

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