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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
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 That matters because a voice can qualify as biometric data, and the EU AI Act draws hard lines around what may be inferred from it. Vivek Thomas, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The team of physicists that inferred the existence of dark energy received a Nobel Prize in 2011. Don Figer, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 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 The models correctly inferred that the answer to the evaluation was available on Hugging Face, a digital library of AI models and software, and broke into the company's systems. Huo Jingnan, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026 Those older predictions were not purely based on theory; they were also inferred from other experiments. Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 29 July 2026 Now the flex of having attended one of the listening parties in 25 cities across the globe can only be inferred from checking the date someone logged. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 July 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
  • Her compositions aim to depict a feeling rather than something tangible, with a driving force derived from Surrealism and fueled by imagination and a passion for creation.
    Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • But conventional carbon fiber production depends heavily on PAN, a synthetic polymer derived from petroleum.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Pasteur’s experiment implied that being alive is hereditary—life, not not-life, begets life.
    Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The documents say that the golf circuit’s largest revenue stream—sponsorships—was about $102 million in 2025 and that the total was 49% of the overall implied $208 million in revenue.
    Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Families where unspoken tensions about roles, fairness and legacy had been accumulating for years.
    Joy Nissen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Capricorn December 22 – January 19 A professional conversation could become confusing if home responsibilities remain unspoken.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Being understood may feel surprisingly different from being agreed with, and possibly much more useful.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • But board books are understood more clearly to be for a younger audience, often one that can’t read themselves.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said in her morning news briefing that experts had indicated that the hurricane was not likely to touch land.
    DESIREE BROOKS, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Ellison indicated separately on Monday that the deal will likely be finalized in the next two weeks.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • For Cazares, and many who decided to fight their cases, detainment represented the beginning of the effort to gain legal status.
    Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Just in time for fall, though, the Rhode beauty mogul seems to have decided her hair can handle a seasonal transformation.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Meiner hinted the city might have to take legal action to settle the bridge issue.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
  • An official release date for the sandals is yet to be determined, but Lopez hinted that there will be multiple versions of the collaboration to come.
    Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Inferred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferred. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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