: carrying great weight and producing a marked effect : effective, expressive
the most telling evidence
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Her experience is a telling example of why the nation's educational system needs to be changed.
The most telling moment in the case was when the victim took the stand.
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Perhaps the most telling statistic, for an economy with an aspiring, upwardly mobile middle class, came from the automobile industry: the number of cars sold in 2020 was the same as in 2012.
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Arvind Subramanian, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
Asking them about their failures, and their responses to them, is very telling.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
There was a telling moment on this point as Davis Gates left the WTTW studios Monday night.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2024
And perhaps even more telling—the company raised its regular dividend, albeit by a penny per share, for the first time in years.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
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Arvind Subramanian, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
Asking them about their failures, and their responses to them, is very telling.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
There was a telling moment on this point as Davis Gates left the WTTW studios Monday night.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2024
And perhaps even more telling—the company raised its regular dividend, albeit by a penny per share, for the first time in years.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for telling
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“Telling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telling. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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