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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Sopho derives from the Greek word for wisdom, mania from the Greek word for madness.

— Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Its name derives from bundles of its tough stems, which were used in Europe by butchers to remove meat and fat from wooden chopping blocks.

— Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Feb. 2026