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to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information
I can deduce from the simple observation of your behavior that you're trying to hide something from me
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Recent Examples of deduces
Bundle also deduces that Jimmy shot his own arm at the estate to draw attention away from him and Lorraine as suspects.
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
As Rich smartly deduces, a rift between them is exactly what the clown wants, but the damage is done once Ronnie says Lilly should still be in Juniper Hill and storms off.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
John and Penny’s guilt Elizabeth deduces that the unidentified bones in the cemetery belong to Peter Mercer (Will Stevens), the boyfriend of the stabbing victim whose murder the TMC is investigating at the start of the story.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The critical thinker, therefore, deduces that you may be well served to start saving at a much higher rate earlier in life, recognizing that your ability to save in the middle may be diminished—only to pile on the savings again toward the end of your career.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
From this, the team deduces that the new planet, if fully confirmed, is similar to Saturn or Jupiter in size and is in the habitable zone of the star, where its surface temperature is estimated as 225 K (-48 °C or -55 °F).
—David Szondy
august 14, New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2025
Wednesday deduces that Sheriff Galpin had discovered the project and was worried that Tyler, his son, would be the next patient to have his death faked.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
As Rich smartly deduces, a rift between them is exactly what the clown wants, but the damage is done once Ronnie says Lilly should still be in Juniper Hill and storms off.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
John and Penny’s guilt Elizabeth deduces that the unidentified bones in the cemetery belong to Peter Mercer (Will Stevens), the boyfriend of the stabbing victim whose murder the TMC is investigating at the start of the story.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The critical thinker, therefore, deduces that you may be well served to start saving at a much higher rate earlier in life, recognizing that your ability to save in the middle may be diminished—only to pile on the savings again toward the end of your career.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
From this, the team deduces that the new planet, if fully confirmed, is similar to Saturn or Jupiter in size and is in the habitable zone of the star, where its surface temperature is estimated as 225 K (-48 °C or -55 °F).
—David Szondy
august 14, New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2025
Wednesday deduces that Sheriff Galpin had discovered the project and was worried that Tyler, his son, would be the next patient to have his death faked.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deduces
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Such is the strength of his conviction, the prince wrote in his 2023 memoir Spare, that his public rift with other members of the royal family derives from their unwillingness to stand up to the tabloids.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Jan. 2026
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This is at the very heart of the Olympic movement and derives from the fundamental principles of Olympism.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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The New Zealand Herald understands that as many as nine people were unaccounted for following the Mount Maunganui landslide, citing a source involved with the rescue efforts.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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If anything, ChatGPT-3 has something of the oracular about it; for as mysterious as the writing process of any author may be in all sorts of intangible and ineffable ways, any person who works in words also understands what’s prosaic and gritty (and thus all the more beautiful) about writing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
Verb
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But Colton has something else up his sleeve and decides to make a big swing before the roundtable, pulling Lisa aside in an attempt to ally with her.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
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The board decides things but doesn’t implement its decisions.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Deduces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deduces. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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