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inferred

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verb

past tense of infer

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of inferred
Verb
Review the details Amazon has collected or inferred about your preferences. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Instead, lawyers inferred it from the language buried inside a document. — Neil Araujo, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The firms declined a skills test at the outset, so the researchers inferred skill gains from random assignment instead of measuring before and after. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 The Police Department was asking the public to help investigators find Yepez, and police said no determination of criminal responsibility should be inferred. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026 All of these quantities can be inferred with good measurements of the CMB. — Cara Giovanetti, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026 It’s often been said, or at least inferred, that the International Olympic Committee occasionally wishes to market itself as an entity dedicated to proclaiming and restoring peace. — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026 The discovery of Neptune in 1846 demonstrated that an unseen planet might be inferred from its gravitational effects on other worlds. — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026 The model inferred that Hugging Face might have data on the benchmark and broke into the company’s infrastructure to find it. — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inferred
Adjective
  • The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • People with alpha-gal syndrome may experience allergic reactions after consuming mammalian meat or other products derived from mammals, including certain dairy products.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The plant makes renewable glycols, ingredients used to produce polyester that are usually derived from fossil fuels.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The intensity of the filmmaker-subject relationship—in addition to any potential untrustworthiness—is almost always implied, if not explicit.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • When Reuss made the comments in 2022 it was implied, though not explicitly stated, that an electric Corvette would be part of this C8 generation.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 14 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • The unspoken challenge of this show is to invite comparisons between wife-and-husband artists.
    — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Mercury in your 12th House quincunxes Saturn in your 5th, making private thoughts, uncertainty, or unspoken feelings harder to reconcile with fun, romance, or creative expression.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • These exchanges were consequential, but they could still largely be understood as a series of bilateral transactions focused on Russia’s war.
    — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Market analysts and economists note the term premium is poorly understood and subject to interpretation.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In its public financial documents, SpaceX has indicated that the bulk of its future revenues are likely to come from orbital data centers that will provide the backbone of computing for artificial intelligence on Earth.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Dispatch audio indicated about 15 shell casings at the scene.
    — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But, Majumder said, several temples including her own have decided to carry on their celebrations with additional security provided by the city of Aurora at their places of worship.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • India has decided to make the trade-off to buy cheaper oil and sort of look the other way, that that's giving money to a guy who's murdering thousands of people every week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Vaccarello, meanwhile, has already hinted that his any moves might take him beyond fashion.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The latest update in Jolie and Pitt’s yearslong legal dispute comes after sources hinted that the actress is also facing a disconnect from their six children.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2026

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“Inferred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferred. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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