as in to derive
to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information
we can extrapolate from past economic recessions the probable course of the current one
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Where things get really murky is third-party fitness platforms that extrapolate their own insights from Strava data — a no-no under the new API terms.
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Victoria Song, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2024
Resonate's process is unlike typical polling that extrapolates the pulse of American voters from a few hundred or thousand responses.
—Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
This has left digital media and child development experts to extrapolate and hypothesize about the possible pitfalls and benefits.
—Emily Tate Sullivan, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
Jayne and their team also realized additional implications after studying and extrapolating the scalability ratio between their mouth gapes and cranial structures.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
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Victoria Song, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2024
Resonate's process is unlike typical polling that extrapolates the pulse of American voters from a few hundred or thousand responses.
—Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
This has left digital media and child development experts to extrapolate and hypothesize about the possible pitfalls and benefits.
—Emily Tate Sullivan, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
Jayne and their team also realized additional implications after studying and extrapolating the scalability ratio between their mouth gapes and cranial structures.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
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The Single Estate Series reflects Mount Gay’s focus on terroir, with the use of molasses derived exclusively from the estate’s sugar cane.Rachel King, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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Seeing the actual act of ejaculation on-screen magnifies the euphoria of this moment and how much joy can be derived from prioritizing and pleasuring yourself as well as others.David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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Further clinical trials are needed to better understand and assess the potential mechanisms at work.New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2024
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Testing can help officials understand which farms and cows are infected, and how the virus is moving between them, said Matthew Moore, an assistant professor in the department of food science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.Dani Blum, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Following Wrinkles, Indiana took a 15-year hiatus from executions until Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb decided this year to resume them.Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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In these roles, PBMs decide what pharmacists and pharmacies are paid to dispense prescription medications.Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Clovis people were known to brandish an array of pointy stone tools that archaeologists have inferred to be hunting weapons.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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The presence of tools associated with fishing at the camp, as well as the canine bones nearby heavily infers human interaction between the humans and canines.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Extrapolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extrapolate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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