as in to derive
to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information
we can extrapolate from past economic recessions the probable course of the current one
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Recent Examples of extrapolate
How Fasting Affects Gut Hormones Scientists can glean some insight into what happens to the gut during these big meals by extrapolating data from fasting research.
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Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2025
North Korea does not regularly publish demographic figures, so analysts must extrapolate from past censuses and indirect surveys.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
Investors may imply excessive aggregate revenue and profit gains by extrapolating the stunning earnings growth achievable by individual companies across all potential winners.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
To set the record straight, Mosconi notes that extrapolating the research to mean the brain eats itself during menopause is incorrect.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 4 Nov. 2025
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Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2025
North Korea does not regularly publish demographic figures, so analysts must extrapolate from past censuses and indirect surveys.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
Investors may imply excessive aggregate revenue and profit gains by extrapolating the stunning earnings growth achievable by individual companies across all potential winners.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
To set the record straight, Mosconi notes that extrapolating the research to mean the brain eats itself during menopause is incorrect.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extrapolate
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At the core of this approach is a carbon shell derived from covalent organic frameworks (COFs).—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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Skinny Pedro’s obsession might therefore derive from some sort of insanity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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The scientists want to further understand the impact of environmental and social conditions emerging in such livestock behaviors.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 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
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It’s been a year since Brown decided to skip college and turn his eyes onto the professional game.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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With Antetokounmpo sidelined, the Bucks could decide to pivot into more of a youth movement and let losses organically begin to pile up.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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As a result, researchers are focusing on indirect readout strategies that can infer the electron’s spin state without disturbing the fragile quantum system.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Jan. 2026
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People start to infer meaning from the gap, even when there isn’t any.—
Penny Abeywardena,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Extrapolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extrapolate. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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