Thesaurus results for INFERENCES

inferences

noun

plural of inference

as in deductions

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 inferences La Liga is yet to release distribution amounts for 2025-26 but, based on previous seasons and inferences which can be drawn from Barca’s latest figures, the amount the club must hand over to Sixth Street is in the region of €40million per year. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Stevens allowed the case to proceed, noting there were multiple inferences to draw from the evidence and that one interpretation implicated Perillo. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026 Every industry needs people who can look at data, draw inferences from it, and act upon it. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 Told in alternating POVs between a sorceress, a woman knight and a serving girl, this is a fever dream of a fantasy novel with plenty of room for readers to make their own inferences about what’s really going on. — S.m. Hallow, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026 By holding an entire operational system in view in real time, an AI model can make inferences that human operators could easily miss. — William Bain, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 However, rocket watchers have made a few inferences from the limited available information. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2026 Wolf, with the Birmingham-Bloomfield Democrats, says he is not convinced the nation can draw inferences from what happens in Michigan. — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026 Because of the randomness of some of these things and complexities like deletions, many of the individual inferences about history will be wrong. — ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026

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Amaral listed some of the other advantages of co-producing with Brazil, including production services at lower rates, incredibly high-quality crews, and tax deductions and incentives in certain states.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, Republicans are hoping that voters will reward them for the tax cuts in their domestic policy megabill, like deductions for overtime and tips.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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This is the language the show has used thus far, in that Hal often comes to conclusions and fills in the gaps for us after the fact.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
But to jump to conclusions that the intent of this celebration was to drink alcohol and specifically beer was a leap.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of conclusions

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The Supreme Court issued a cascade of decisions expanding women’s rights.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
As more shoppers use it daily rather than occasionally, sodium content will start driving purchase decisions the way sugar content reshaped the yogurt aisle.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of decisions

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And with it, so too were any assumptions that this season at USC would be much different than the four that came before it.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Analysts on Monday pressed Novo executives on their pricing assumptions, questioning whether the company’s next pipeline of drugs can sustain premium price points once Wegovy and Ozempic lose exclusivity.

— Annika Kim Constantino,Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

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