inductive

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Recent Examples of inductive Teach the difference between deductive, inductive and abductive thinking and the proper use of all three. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Porsche Infotainment system screen view of inductive charging pull-up process. Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025 Porsche will publicly unveil its inductive charging system at the IAA Mobility Show next week in Munich on Thursday. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025 Kirk and Destiny relish this kind of hyperemotional reaction; by appealing to anything other than cold inductive reasoning, opponents effectively concede their argument. Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inductive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inductive
Adjective
  • Scientists adapted this process into the auxin-inducible degron, or AID, system.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The team directly compared the DNA of inducible (active) and non-inducible (dormant) viruses to see whether dormant ones might someday reawaken.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Without explicit training, civil servants risk assuming that a system that writes like an expert also counts like one.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
  • In addition, explicit prohibitions on shooting at vehicles are largely absent from the law, which means that officers responsible for fatal shootings of drivers that appear to violate departmental policies still often escape criminal penalties.
    Ben Jones, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Hegseth has loosely moderated his once categorical opposition to women serving in ground combat roles after years of arguing that women should be excluded from front-line units.
    Steven Beynon, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Homeland Security officials directed KFF Health News' inquiries to the White House, which did not answer questions about individual waiver timelines or the possibility of a categorical exemption for the health care industry.
    Arielle Zionts, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • The Sludge of the Land attempts to break new ground by retreading pathways that have, over the years, become intuitive, and Babau harness a sense of possibility that’s almost quaint.
    H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2026
  • There are very few tiny parts, the lift system is easy to understand and put together, and the frame assembly is intuitive.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The 6-foot, 195-pound versatile playmaker is instinctive, capable of quickly diagnosing layered route concepts, and will bait quarterbacks into making a mistake.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • For Madhurima Chakraborty, attending the impromptu protest was instinctive in the wake of Midway Blitz.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026

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“Inductive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductive. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

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