deduced

past tense of deduce

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Recent Examples of deduced In other words, there’s not much to be deduced here, unlike the extensive notes which accompanied the release of AirPods Pro 3 last fall. David Phelan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026 Knowing the entire sequence — the order of all 3 billion or so of our DNA’s chemical building blocks, nearly fully deduced by the international Human Genome Project between 1990 and 2003 — hasn’t helped much. Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2026 While Nike itself has yet to elaborate much on the changes made from the typical Air Force 1 ’07 that’s been the model’s standard for a decade-plus, much can be deduced from the images alone. Riley Jones, Footwear News, 18 June 2026 Eagle-eyed TikTokers quickly deduced that Franco's new account is only following two others — the official account for an upcoming film titled Love Meets in the Sunshine and Christian Guiton, the film's director. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026 And, after extensive market research, Mattel execs deduced that this target audience liked the idea of oversized male heroes flaunting their power over other people. Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 June 2026 Our blind taste test deduced which flavored fizzes bubbled up to the top. Emily Heil, Washington Post, 15 May 2026 Matthews deduced from the conversation that there was not much more the NFL needed to see. Zach Berman, New York Times, 11 May 2026 Marcellus is way ahead of Tova and Cameron, and has already deduced that the class ring is the key to everything. Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deduced
Verb
  • Energy is always found in one place deep down inside; it’s derived from giving Messi one more game.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • Ancient Greek music provided the foundation for Western music to come (the very word music is derived from the Muses, Zeus’ arty daughters, and the modes of Western music theory still have Greek names).
    Steve Hochman, SPIN, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • Central Florida has long understood the power of storytelling.
    Jack Kennedy, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
  • In his fullest public argument yet about his thinking, Thiel and co-author Sam Wolfe write the figure of ultimate evil is best understood not as a monster or a tyrant but as a technocrat.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • Expecting large crowds thanks to the World Cup, owners decided to open on Sundays.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 July 2026
  • Sebastian Reader, a 28-year-old from London, has long been fascinated by American culture and decided to make a three-month trip out of the World Cup.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

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“Deduced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deduced. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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