Thesaurus results for EDUCTION

eduction

noun

Definition of eduction

as in deduction

an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning the policeman's eduction was that there was more than one murderer involved

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Recent Examples of eduction And this month, Aetrex partnered with the IMG Academy, the world’s leading sports eduction brand, to install five Albert Pro foot scanners across the IMG campus in Bradenton, Fla. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 26 June 2026 Other services from the nonprofit include peer support, public eduction and advocacy of policies to prevent suicide among LBGTQ+ youth. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026 Most of the obscenely immense rules governing eduction should also be given the heave-ho. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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Yes, clubs have fallen foul of slightly breaking Premier League rules in the past and have received points deductions as a result.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
City now faces severe sanctions that could include a huge points deduction or even expulsion from the league, causing heavy reputational damage to its Abu Dhabi ownership.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of deduction

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Among them is the Wellcome Leap Quantum for Bio (Q4Bio) program, where Infleqtion pioneered and demonstrated on hardware a quantum neural network approach with training on GPU and inference on QPU for biomarker discovery.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
The same task can run on different models, inference engines and hardware, each with different quality, latency, energy and cost profiles.

— Anshu Bansal, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of inference

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But to jump to conclusions that the intent of this celebration was to drink alcohol and specifically beer was a leap.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
When the system is uncertain, the case can be escalated rather than forcing a binary conclusion.

— Arpan Saxena, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of conclusion

Noun

Amelia Maldonado, a county land-use spokesperson, said in an email that while county staffers provide recommendations, the Planning Commission has the authority to reach its own determination.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Peete’s story should teach us that defensive action and determination can go a long way.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026

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