The article alludes to an event now forgotten.
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Alludes
//əˈluːdz//
Synonyms for "alludes" (23 found)
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His letter alludes to the event.
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The massive spider seen crawling across the sky on a glowing web is pure fiction, but the concept alludes to something called the cosmic web, which is the large-scale organization of matter and dark matter in the universe: Thin filaments of normal matter and dark matter connect clusters of galaxies, like roadways between major cities.
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I guess that Jabba the Hutt in the Star Wars franchise alludes to the fat Maitreya Buddha.
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