as in deduction
an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning
that seems like a reasonable inference, but in this case it happens to be incorrect
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Recent Examples of inference
This leads to a natural inference: even the hyperscale horizontal players — the Microsofts and Amazons — and the application developers — the Salesforces and Palantirs of the world — need specialized collaborators in finance.
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Dr. Vinay Nair, Founder and Ceo Of Tifin, CNBC, 10 June 2025
The compelling data the IEEE participants shared from Stanford’s 2025 AI Index Report showed a staggering 280 times drop in AI model inference costs in two years, from November 2022 to October 2024.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2025
Conclusion Storage has a significant impact on AI inference.
—Abel Gordon, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The second is inference, which is the day-to-day use of AI models.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 5 June 2025
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Dr. Vinay Nair, Founder and Ceo Of Tifin, CNBC, 10 June 2025
The compelling data the IEEE participants shared from Stanford’s 2025 AI Index Report showed a staggering 280 times drop in AI model inference costs in two years, from November 2022 to October 2024.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2025
Conclusion Storage has a significant impact on AI inference.
—Abel Gordon, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The second is inference, which is the day-to-day use of AI models.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for inference
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inference
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The Senate version of the bill would also permanently extend and modify the depreciation deduction for businesses.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Other tax cuts, credits and gifts In addition to extending the tax cuts from the 2017 tax bill, the House version would give people who live in high-tax states such as California, New York and New Jersey a bigger income tax deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT.—
Jim Sergent,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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That said, this bit felt like a very important emotional conclusion, that real change had finally been achieved between these two characters.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
23 June 2025
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What is a totalitarian leader other than an individualist taking that creed to its cruel conclusions, erasing the uniqueness of every other person into mere characters in a drama?—
Ed Simon
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Then the market for EVs started showing signs of slowing down, and the current administration’s determination to eliminate the federal tax credit for EVs started to alter the trajectory of the battery-electric vehicle uptake.—
Kristin Shaw,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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While there is an investigation looking into what caused the Air India disaster, no official determination has been issued yet.—
Opheli Garcia Lawler,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2025
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“Inference.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inference. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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