eductions

noun

plural of eduction
as in deductions
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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  1. deductions
  2. inferences
  3. determinations
  4. consequences
  5. conclusions
  6. decisions
Noun
  • Citing its investigation, the watchdog said 48 percent of the promotions were actually price increases, 40 percent were not real price deductions, and seven percent had a lower discount than advertised.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • On the flip side, doing the wrong thing meant point deductions.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of deductions
Noun
  • By holding an entire operational system in view in real time, an AI model can make inferences that human operators could easily miss.
    — William Bain, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • However, rocket watchers have made a few inferences from the limited available information.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of inferences
Noun
  • The official causes of death remain pending determinations by the medical examiner.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • However, that may change as governors’ teams shift from collecting information to making final determinations.
    — Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of determinations
Noun
  • Chanana said any breakdown in the relationship could herald broader portfolio consequences.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
  • For Abrams, a free agent after the 2028 season, the position change comes with financial consequences.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of consequences
Noun
  • The Arctic is also a world in flux, and van den Bemd is careful not to present personal observations as scientific conclusions.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • With the college football regular season rapidly approaching, many position battles are starting to reach their logical conclusions.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of conclusions
Noun
  • Two Jets front-office sources, on condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly, deny that, and Glenn has owned the decisions publicly.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The working-out of that vision, by way of experience that arises from her sudden change of circumstances, is the movie’s emotional and intellectual heart, its main line, abstract in form but altogether concrete in the decisions that result.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of decisions
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“Eductions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eductions. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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