inductive

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Recent Examples of inductive Magnetic inductive systems – tested in France, Sweden, and the US – have proven scalable for highways and urban corridors. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025 Using a traditional electronic device cord, the owner plugs an inductive charging plate into an outlet. 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
  • For people with chronic inducible hives, specialists will provide more information on how to avoid and mitigate those triggers.
    Zia Sherrell, Health, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Scientists adapted this process into the auxin-inducible degron, or AID, system.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • But the victory was overshadowed by an explicit hot mic moment.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
  • The council’s motion to continue directs staff to incorporate concerns around parking, drainage and privacy as explicit conditions in the loan agreement when the item returns in June.
    Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
Adjective
  • The star-nosed mole’s speed is an adaptation for the act of recognition itself — for making correct categorical decisions, in the dark, at the physical limit of neural transmission.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • The measure passed Wednesday stops short of a categorical ban that some have sought, but was still met with cautious optimism by traffic safety reformers.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Adjective
  • Your intuitive faculties are on point today as the sun coordinates with Neptune.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 24 May 2026
  • The test is intuitive and easy to perform—and almost no species passes.
    Federica Sgorbissa, ArsTechnica, 24 May 2026
Adjective
  • For me, composing is an instinctive, intuitive thing.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 15 May 2026
  • The save looked instinctive, but technical details — the footwork, body rotation and hand selection — were what made the impossible possible.
    Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 10 May 2026

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“Inductive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductive. Accessed 26 May. 2026.

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