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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Recent Examples of extrapolate
The new size isn't confirmed, and extrapolating measurements from a computer animation is dubious.
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Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025
The effect is indeed similar to that in baroque music, in which a
simple melody is elaborated though a series of procedures—repetition, inversion, fragmentation, layering—the original motif extrapolated into a dizzying construction.
—Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024
If this all sounds rather technical, that’s consistent with the result, which was not adapted so much as extrapolated from Tolkien’s dense writing.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
Some, like Screentime, extrapolate information from your phone, and most use data tracked for other cards like sleep and just interpret the data in a new way.
—PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
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Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025
The effect is indeed similar to that in baroque music, in which a
simple melody is elaborated though a series of procedures—repetition, inversion, fragmentation, layering—the original motif extrapolated into a dizzying construction.
—Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024
If this all sounds rather technical, that’s consistent with the result, which was not adapted so much as extrapolated from Tolkien’s dense writing.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
Some, like Screentime, extrapolate information from your phone, and most use data tracked for other cards like sleep and just interpret the data in a new way.
—PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extrapolate
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Phytic acid gently refines skin texture, while vitis vinifera—derived from grapes—helps replenish moisture and smooth fine lines.—
Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
24 Feb. 2025
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Air pollution derived from the huge amounts of energy needed to run data centers has been linked to treating cancers, asthma, and other related issues, according to research from UC Riverside and Caltech.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
24 Feb. 2025
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But the players, at least, understood the importance of that moment, and not just everything that had come before.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
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IndieWire understands that Italian real estate is already looking at these locations to potentially convert them in anticipation of the vote.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
23 Feb. 2025
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Not least of which, how exactly does best picture get decided?—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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At that time, with commercial fishing encroaching on their traditional livelihoods, most people in his town decided to take up piracy, Khamis asserted.—
Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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Engineers could also use the data to learn how a building behaves and changes over time, and infer how to construct better in the future.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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Their findings led them to infer hydrogen is absorbing the X-ray photons in the far-off host galaxy.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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