extrapolated

past tense of extrapolate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of extrapolated The company will select equipment that will allow for pilot data to be extrapolated to industrial scale. Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 Influencers’ claims about the peptides’ effect on human weight loss, muscle mass, longevity and energy appear to be extrapolated from their effects on lab animals. Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 As Greenhalgh wrote, the engineers had stitched together patchy data and extrapolated it to two decimal points with false precision. Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Evidence about ordinary coffee cannot be extrapolated to high-dose caffeine products or energy drinks, which may deliver caffeine rapidly and include other stimulants. Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 That dynamic, extrapolated across the rising local cost of essential goods, has forced more Miami-Dade families than ever before into economic distress. Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026 According to Cramer, investors quickly extrapolated Samsung's results across the broader AI hardware ecosystem, sending shares of companies tied to the physical buildout of data centers sharply lower. Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 7 July 2026 Senior lawmakers are skeptical that much can be extrapolated nationally from last week's results, where Mamdani successfully pushed a slate of three insurgent candidates. ABC News, 28 June 2026 These recommendations are extrapolated from general nutrition science and hormonal physiology, not rigorous phase-specific trials. Allison Palmer updated June 13, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extrapolated
Verb
  • That last might be especially true for female human beings who may be more encouraged to have derived an identity based on our role as marital partner or parent.
    Gloria Steinem, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The table compares treatment totals and derived 3,000 graft planning rates across Turkey, the UK and the USA.
    Malana VanTyler, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But González understood the system better than all those people.
    Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Still, the 2021 GAO investigation found that the protections were unevenly understood and applied.
    María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Oak Park and Evanston have decided to end their Flock contracts.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
  • After sunsetting their decades-long careers in the aerospace industry, brothers Jerry and Peter Wong decided to add a bit of magic to their lives by working at Disney.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026

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“Extrapolated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extrapolated. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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