as in derived
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 extrapolated
And so obviously, there’s a lot of narratives that get extrapolated from that.
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Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Peter Walker, head of insights at Carta, extrapolated the blue and red findings into a bar chart.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
The findings can’t be extrapolated to the real world — the scenarios were extreme, with the regimes often facing first strikes or annihilation — but revealed AIs’ skill at strategic reasoning, as well as a certain bloodthirstiness.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Big fantastical ones, but also ones that feel so normalized and mundane and get extrapolated to their most dystopian and absurd.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
These puzzles, like the horizon problem, the flatness problem, and the monopole problem, strongly suggested that the hot, dense, early state couldn’t be extrapolated to arbitrarily high temperatures and energies.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
The scientists extrapolated its remains to estimate that the dinosaur was about 23 feet in length and weighed more than 2,200 pounds, according to the paper.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
While my research focused on the Iraqi context, the results can be extrapolated to emerging markets at large.
—Midhat Zwayen, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The same information can be extrapolated by anyone above and below the title.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Peter Walker, head of insights at Carta, extrapolated the blue and red findings into a bar chart.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
The findings can’t be extrapolated to the real world — the scenarios were extreme, with the regimes often facing first strikes or annihilation — but revealed AIs’ skill at strategic reasoning, as well as a certain bloodthirstiness.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Big fantastical ones, but also ones that feel so normalized and mundane and get extrapolated to their most dystopian and absurd.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
These puzzles, like the horizon problem, the flatness problem, and the monopole problem, strongly suggested that the hot, dense, early state couldn’t be extrapolated to arbitrarily high temperatures and energies.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
The scientists extrapolated its remains to estimate that the dinosaur was about 23 feet in length and weighed more than 2,200 pounds, according to the paper.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
While my research focused on the Iraqi context, the results can be extrapolated to emerging markets at large.
—Midhat Zwayen, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The same information can be extrapolated by anyone above and below the title.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extrapolated
Verb
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The buzzy ingredient—traditionally derived from salmon DNA—has been popping up in skin-care formulas everywhere lately.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
22 Mar. 2026
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Kratom is an herbal substance derived from the leaves of the Mitragyna speciosa tree, which has active compounds that can act like opioids at higher doses.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Major decisions about land use, tax incentives, and infrastructure were largely finalized before most community members fully understood the project’s scale—which has also grown into a much larger build-out than originally planned.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Halifax understood the ancient truth that, in politics, the lows are lower than the highs are high.—
David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The other day, an observer decided to follow one of these parcels, chosen at random—a featherweight, toaster-size box from Sephora, addressed to 235 West Forty-eighth Street—and chart its journey.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Nuggets decided to rule him out as a precautionary measure.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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