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
Such controls could become especially valuable given that, unlike the inferences tech platforms have been able to draw about users based on their online behavior, users tell AI chatbots personal things about themselves directly.
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Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
These sections have some interesting inferences on how AI functions based on its programming and training material.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
These include types of social intelligence, such as the ability to make psychological inferences, and types of physical intelligence, such as an understanding of causal relations between objects and forces or the ability to coordinate a body in an environment.
—Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
How reliable are the insights, inferences and actions?
—Abakar Saidov, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Allen argued the circumstances, viewed as a whole, failed to exclude all reasonable inferences other than guilt.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
These sections have some interesting inferences on how AI functions based on its programming and training material.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
These include types of social intelligence, such as the ability to make psychological inferences, and types of physical intelligence, such as an understanding of causal relations between objects and forces or the ability to coordinate a body in an environment.
—Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
How reliable are the insights, inferences and actions?
—Abakar Saidov, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Allen argued the circumstances, viewed as a whole, failed to exclude all reasonable inferences other than guilt.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inferences
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Early or late shipments, product shortages, and spoiled or damaged items are just a few of the most common deductions that eat away at profits.—
Mara Weinraub,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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Most notably, however, is that the deductions may not be enough to offset the repercussions of the Republicans’ spending bill, said Kayla Kitson, a senior policy fellow at the California Budget & Policy Center.—
CalMatters,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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It wasn’t discovered with the Hubble space telescope, but in all the years since, the Hubble space telescope has been our best tool to identify and measure these white dwarfs that explode as type Ia supernova, enabling us to draw these fascinating conclusions.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Oct. 2025
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Too early for panic, too early for trades, too early for rankings, too early for conclusions.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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States have reached conflicting determinations about whether and when those students ought to be recognized as employees and, if so, have the opportunity to unionize.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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The White House has denied there will be any changes to disability determinations processes for certain Social Security welfare benefits.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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That vote, however, was made with the recognition that a rejection would come with consequences.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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If the Education Department does not act before the end of the year, those borrowers could face steep consequences.—
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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There’s no due process here, either; the three triumvirs don’t get their hands dirty, their decisions can’t be appealed, and there’s no public process by which those to be killed will be identified before the decision is final.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Nike was previously one of the best growth stories for decades, but past leadership’s decisions have caused the stock to lag since late 2021.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Amazon isn't the only tech company that appears to make assumptions about AI's effects on code.—
NPR,
NPR,
21 Oct. 2025
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Driving Danaher’s topline guidance are the assumptions that biotechnology delivers about 5% revenue growth; life sciences revenue grows at a low-single digit rate; and that diagnostics is largely flat on an annual basis.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Inferences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferences. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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