Always black and white with you. «"people surviving a jump off some building 89% of the time" indicates "people will likely survive a jump off that building"»

Exactly my point. (I guess you're just as black and white.) Or are you falsly claiming you said "parenthesizes are likely to indicate lists"?

Check out the Meriam-Webster entry for indicate.

I already checked the dictionary. Since you didn't take your own advice, I'll copy it here:

• Parens don't point out lists.
• Parens don't point to lists.
• Parens aren't a sign of lists.
• Parens aren't a symptom of lists.
• Parens aren't an index of lists.
• Parens don't demonstrate the necessity of lists.
• Parens don't demonstrate the advisability of lists.
• Parens don't suggest the necessity of lists.
• Parens don't suggest the advisability of lists.
• Parens don't state lists.
• Parens don't express lists briefly.

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