Thesaurus results for EXTRAPOLATING

extrapolating

verb

present participle of extrapolate

as in deriving

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 extrapolating Size estimates were derived by extrapolating from beak measurements using modern octopus anatomy as a reference. —

Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 The researchers estimated their overall size by extrapolating from the size of the beak specimens. —

Jack Guy, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026 But extrapolating from one sector to the entire economy is a mistake. —

Omar Abbosh, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026 Consultants from both parties caution against extrapolating too much from special elections with limited turnout. —

ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026 Big data models learn by copying existing actions—how to fold clothes, write a dissertation, or create a video of a pig hoverboarding through space—by parsing previous examples and extrapolating similar behavior. —

Charlie Campbell, Time, 27 Jan. 2026 Upcoming Reports While college officials will be heartened by these data, they should be interpreted cautiously, particularly when extrapolating to what total applicant volume might look like by the end of the admission cycle. —

Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026 Noise around some assumptions used to plug missing data from the government shutdown kept investors from extrapolating too much from the benign reading. —

Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025 How Fasting Affects Gut Hormones Scientists can glean some insight into what happens to the gut during these big meals by extrapolating data from fasting research. —

Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2025

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On Thursday, a jury found Geisy Rodriguez Brito, 33, of Royal Palm Beach, guilty of human trafficking and unlawful use of a two-way communications device but not guilty of deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution or witness tampering.

— Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
The very legitimacy of deriving general principles from the particulars of experience can never be established from experience without already having the principle in hand.

— Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026