inductive

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Recent Examples of inductive 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 But future versions of the motor will use a wireless system, possibly based on inductive coupling, Haran says. IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025 The key feature is the inductive and thus contactless and wear-free power transmission, allowing motor operation at benchmark efficiency level, according to MAHLE. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2024 View 2 Images Two great minds in permanent-magnet-free motor design are fusing their know-how to create an even more capable inductive electric motor. New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for inductive
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Adjective
  • To do this, Sinclair’s team developed ICE, short for inducible changes to the epigenome.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The second therapy candidate targets chronic spontaneous urticaria, chronic inducible urticaria and atopic dermatitis — which involve hives, welts, swelling, pain and itching that are linked to various conditions.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • Carrie Severino, president of the conservative advocacy group Judicial Crisis Network, previously told the Washington Examiner that the justices have made recent orders more explicit and clear as lower court judges have ignored the Supreme Court’s previous orders on its emergency docket.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Ben Hania counters that silence, not with an explicit argument but with an experience, a movie forged in the universal and very specific language of the single-location thriller.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Officials on Wednesday ran down a categorical list of what the PLA will show off on September 3.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The 391 schools are not ranked in an overall list, but the company also released 50 categorical lists that did rank the schools.
    Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Inductive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductive. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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