construe

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Recent Examples of construe As a condition of participating in the Search and to the extent permitted by law, these Terms shall be governed by, subject to and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, United States of America, excluding all conflict of law rules. Time, 29 Sep. 2025 The $10 million transfer could jeopardize the foundation’s nonprofit status because it could be construed as lobbying under IRS regulations. Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025 Signs and posters must be under 2 feet by 3 feet, may not be attached to a pole or stick, and bear no message that may be construed as offensive. Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025 It could be construed as inviting an American military intervention. Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for construe
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  • However, the real ineptitude occurs a little earlier when River interprets a fight that Gimball has with Jaffrey’s chief of staff, Tyson Bowman (Abraham Popoola), as a physical attack and inserts himself into the scene, setting off this tragicomic series of events.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The Duggan administration has interpreted state law to mean they can’t be repaid.
    Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • Chavarro also said that HSPH leadership planned to clarify which of the school’s decisions are temporary, emergency measures versus actions that will guide the school long-term.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Wicks also helped move the project forward by drafting legislation that clarified noise of future residents was not an issue that must be studied as part of a development’s environmental reviews.
    Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • To illustrate Renoir’s creative process, several of his major paintings will be reunited with and displayed alongside their related drawings.
    Jane Levere, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The Yore duffel bag was exhibited in its pattern pieces, illustrating the 78 parts and 72 hours of craftsmanship required for each creation.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • Meanwhile, a founder scaling across Europe must incorporate separate entities in each country, untangle regulatory and employment codes in multiple languages and markets, and explain to engineers in Munich why their stock options are treated differently to their colleagues’ in Madrid.
    Jan Hammer, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The connection appeared to be partly explained by higher levels of a gut bacterium called Eggerthella, a bacterium previously linked to inflammation and found in greater abundance among people with depression.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • Like something out of an early Transformers movie, researchers at Caltech have just demonstrated how a humanoid and a drone can team up to accomplish multiple forms of movement.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The department intends to make sure participants have a safe space to demonstrate and intends stop any unlawful activity.
    Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • Idles’s songs explicate the social and moral turmoil that youthful protesters can’t put into words, but the band’s energetic live performances and enthusiastic crowds make sense of what otherwise look like ideological whims.
    Armond White, National Review, 7 May 2025
  • Aided by its curious title, The Courage To Be Disliked is a parabolic conversation between a youth and a philosopher designed to explicate the intersection of Greek philosophy and Adlerian psychology.
    Tim Maurer, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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  • McLellan’s work also helped elucidate why D25 was so much more potent than palivizumab at preventing infection.
    Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The foreign minister’s comments were confusing, but his deputy elucidated them in much clearer terms about the government’s self-conception.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Construe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/construe. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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