draw a conclusion

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variants or draw conclusions
: to make a judgment or judgments
Is it possible to draw conclusions from this evidence?

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But before Biden departed for the meeting, the U.S. government had not yet drawn a conclusion as to who was to blame for the bombing, CNN reported Wednesday, citing an anonymous U.S. official. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune Well, 18 Oct. 2023 Bergmann cautions not to draw a conclusion from the relatively small sample over a short period of time. Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2023 According to city officials, a geologist will study the site and draw a conclusion from there, reviewing both the history of the area and any recent changes to the land. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023 That poll did not have a large enough sample of Asian respondents to draw a conclusion, but a 2021 Pew Research Center poll found a similar lack of support among Latinos, with 39 percent supporting reparations, and a slightly smaller proportion of English-speaking Asian Americans saying the same. Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 29 June 2023 Luckiest Girl Alive takes its time to draw a conclusion most viewers will have guessed by the halfway point. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Oct. 2022 Others, like Cameron, do not believe the evidence is definitive enough to draw a conclusion. Cristina Corbin, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2021 The Sheriff’s Office will hold a coroner’s inquest later this month to present the facts of the incident before a jury, which is expected to draw a conclusion on the manner of death. Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Aug. 2021 Most of the broader intelligence community, including the C.I.A. and the Defense Intelligence Agency, believe there is not yet sufficient information to draw a conclusion, even with low confidence, about the origins. New York Times, 27 May 2021

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