Cue and Mark

Cue

Cue noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).

Usage example: taking a cue from nature, scientists are developing safe and effective insecticides using insect hormones

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Mark and cue are semantically related in evidence topic. In some cases you can use "Mark" instead a noun "Cue".

Nearby Words: cued, cueing

Mark noun - A perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened).

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Cue and mark are semantically related in evidence topic. Sometimes you can use "Cue" instead a noun "Mark".

Nearby Words: marked, marker, marking, marksman, markup

special	special cue	special mark
long	long cue	long mark
distinctive	distinctive cue	distinctive mark
similar	similar cue	similar mark
Other adjectives: common, certain, original, single, obvious, visible, small, distinct, real, big, huge, little, important, famous, final, next, biggest.

Cue a huge gunfight, and when we see the room next, all of the men who drew guns on him are dead, Eliot doesn't have a mark on him and his coffee is unspilled.

Source: Establishing Character Moment / Live-Action TV
Mark pulls off a good one at the end with the cue cards, Jamie abandoning his family Christmas to fly out and ask Aurelia to marry him, the PM—the PM!

Source: Film / Love Actually
Cue jailbreak with new mark thrown in for free.

Source: Felony Misdemeanor

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