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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 extrapolated
From the same bone analyses, the researchers extrapolated that mammoth meat made up 40 percent of the mother’s diet.
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 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
In a May 2016 private briefing, CMS indicated that the health plans owed from $98 million to $163 million for 2011 depending on how the overpayment estimate was extrapolated, court records show.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 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
In a May 2016 private briefing, CMS indicated that the health plans owed from $98 million to $163 million for 2011 depending on how the overpayment estimate was extrapolated, court records show.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extrapolated
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Its name was derived from Atlanta’s Native American branding, with bosses intending to create marketing symmetry between ‘the Chiefs’ and ‘the Braves’.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
23 Dec. 2024
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Berberine is a chemical compound derived from plants like tree turmeric, barberry, goldenseal, goldenthread — all of which have historically played an important role in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA TODAY,
23 Dec. 2024
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The Search For Clean, Delicious, And Nutritious Coffee As a connoisseur of brews, James understood that all across the globe, people were consistently sipping commercial grade coffees laced with harmful chemicals, pesticides and toxins.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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More Stores But it is understood that the disposal of De Beers, one way or another, will proceed, as will a plan to grow the retail arm of the business through the opening of more stores with the aim being to grow from 40 De Beers outlets today to 100 around the world.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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The show was an immediate hit and still was when Newhart decided to end its run in 1978.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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The Port Police crisis team responded, Cooper said, and eventually decided to send the passenger to the hospital for evaluation.—
Stepheny Price,
Fox News,
24 Dec. 2024
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