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
  • As with a requirement for prior notification, automatically withholding funds absent explicit congressional approval is necessary, especially when one party controls both chambers of Congress and the White House.
    James Cramer, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
  • Eady later sued Bravo over the incident and said the explicit photos in question did not depict her.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • The fine points of class-action law were, of course, less influential than Crenshaw’s insistence on paying close attention to the way Black women were treated by the courts, and the essay’s most memorable lines were broader categorical claims.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Adjective
  • The user interface is equally refined and mirrors the machine itself—fluid, intuitive, and refreshingly free of the labyrinthine menus found in many rivals.
    Robb Rice, Robb Report, 10 May 2026
  • Their system isn't intuitive, and common misconceptions leave people exposed without realizing it.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
Adjective
  • As a downhill run defender, Winters is instinctive and decisive.
    Nick Harris April 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2026
  • That means today’s managers and Gen Z workers are, in many cases, operating from entirely different instinctive playbooks.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026

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“Inductive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductive. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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