Thesaurus results for EXTRAPOLATES

extrapolates

verb

present tense third-person singular of extrapolate

as in derives

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 extrapolates The Conservancy then takes those estimates and extrapolates them across the whole island. —

Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 6 Feb. 2026 To use a hypothetical example, that means that if a game drew 10 million households, Nielsen extrapolates that to mean that 23 million or 24 million viewers were actually watching. —

Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025

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The Cherokee Nation today derives about 40% of its income from casinos, down from 80% or 90% about 20 years ago.

— Keith Sharon, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
But the success of the fool of the family derives from his occasionally discerning what others miss, most notably by attention to the concerns of the lower middle class, which determines American elections despite having few representatives of its own in Washington.

— George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2026