Contact
Imply
Imply verb - To convey an idea indirectly.
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You Keep Using That Word: A literal In-Universe invocation: Wolfe dislikes the use of "contact" as a verb, and (as mentioned above) once burned a dictionary because it claimed that "imply" and "infer" were synonyms.
Source: Literature / Nero Wolfe -
The Light Novels imply that she does return to her home sporadically, and she even stays in contact with her loved ones, but more often than not for financial reasons.
Source: Rebellious Princess -
The episode also seemed to imply that the Trill had very little prior outside contact, although DS9 established they'd been interacting with the galaxy for some time.
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