variants
also inferrible
as in derivable
being or provable by reasoning in which the conclusion follows necessarily from given information
the inferable but unstated conclusion of the report on juvenile delinquency
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inferable
Adjective
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That would be demonstrated if general relativity is derivable from quantum gravity.—
Amanda Gefter,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Sep. 2024 -
And to little purpose, there being agreement among most faiths on the important morals, generally derivable from the golden rule.—
Letters To The Editor,
The Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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One story is the imagined story of a lab leak, and the other is the inferential story of a zoonotic spillover.—
Lisa Chase,
Outside Online,
29 Nov. 2024
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This is an inferential claim, and is thus subject to the usual limitations.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
30 Nov. 2023
Adjective
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Not through any kind of intuition or deductive superpower, mind you.—
Mary McNamara,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2025
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The latter reinforced this perspective and produced a taste for informal models that were deductive and rigorous.—
Robert Art,
Foreign Affairs,
22 May 2013
Adjective
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In the absence of that, there may be a need for an arbiter, with Igbokwe and Berwick’s boss, Langley, as the logical choice.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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The policy becomes logical when considering the incubation periods of STDs and how those timelines differ between illnesses.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The two sides will stop fighting for 42 days, with the aim (again, speculative) of making that cease-fire permanent and ending the war.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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The funding was made by California Jobs First as part of a larger pool of $600 million created by the state in 2021 to help create jobs and prevent a wave of property acquisitions by speculative investors.—
Pat Maio,
Orange County Register,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Knowing a priori which stocks will outperform the market is also much more difficult than reviewing the trends that occurred in the past.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Forbes,
2 Oct. 2024
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Alongside this effort, wildlife trafficking should be designated as a predicate offense for wiretap authorizations, which would empower authorities to start gathering intelligence without having to prove a link to other crimes a priori.—
Vanda Felbab-Brown,
Foreign Affairs,
15 May 2023
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