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
  • 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
  • The official investigators of the deaths during the infamous riot were under intense and explicit pressure to conform their testimony to an official, state-exonerating narrative.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The betrayal was exacerbated by back-and-forth arguing online and the posting of explicit material, only worsened when the two groups met up in Oakland the night of the shooting.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • With no cup football or match load to hide behind, this was a firm, categorical choice by Farke to make Darlow his first choice and Perri his back-up.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Psychological distress rarely maps cleanly onto categorical diagnoses.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Boulder, in the end, seemed an intuitive solution.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Guests can easily communicate any requests via WhatsApp—a modern convenience that fits seamlessly into the hotel’s intuitive service.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Yet their emergent/instinctive choices about when to engage AI and how much authority to give it produced fundamentally different collaboration dynamics.
    François Candelon, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The service Service at Faena New York is finely tuned and graciously instinctive.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026

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“Inductive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductive. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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