extrapolates

present tense third-person singular of extrapolate

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Recent Examples of extrapolates 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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Verb
  • The one-time Gold Glove Award winner has been the most valuable defender since making his debut, according to Baseball Savant’s Fielding Run Value, and much of his value derives from his framing.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Davis also explains that her appreciation for the Loungefly designs derives from her childhood, sharing that her father is an artist and set designer, and her mother was an interior designer.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Why some fans feel let down Kaeli Dance, a Salt Lake City, Utah, content creator, understands some fans may feel let down.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Greater Manchester Police had declared PLATO – a national code word used when police deploy armed officers across the force to the scene of an attack, CNN understands.
    Peter Wilkinson, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In an interview with Variety in April 2023, Coelen shared that the crew often decides who will reveal their decision first at the altar.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Snoopy decides to cook his own version of a Thanksgiving meal with help from his friends.
    Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Extrapolates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extrapolates. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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