inferring

present participle of infer

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Recent Examples of inferring His real talent seemed to be inferring some of the more mundane details of my life. Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025 Like detectives reconstructing a crime scene or archaeologists inferring the entire shape of a pot from a minimal number of fragments, scholars of historical linguistics figure out the earlier forms that must have given rise to words in many different languages and connect the dots between them. Martha Barnette august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025 As the doctors weighed in, AI algorithms monitored the behavior of each participant, inferring how strongly each felt about their choice based on the relative motions of their icon over time. IEEE Spectrum, 13 Sep. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inferring
Verb
  • Its roots are purely imitative, echoing the sound itself rather than deriving from a concrete Indo-European root.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Analyst Bonnie Herzog also set a 12-month price target of $72 per share, implying upside of 28%.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Cyrus was quick to defend herself, implying her words had been manipulated by the Times.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In July, a judge said Decarlos Brown might not be mentally capable of understanding previous charges against him.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • With a background in psychology, intercultural studies, and past work for a professional study abroad agency, Stephens is an endless resource for understanding the cultural variations that come with immigrating to new places globally.
    Essence, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 50-week moving average in July crossed above the 200-week moving average, indicating that an upward direction of trend may now be in place.
    John Navin, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Some tracks were also observed near the Apollo 17 landing site and areas associated with seismic activity or tectonic features, indicating that moonquakes or impacts may trigger the boulder falls.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Palmer was part of a movement deciding to try something else instead of college.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • When deciding costumes, Heimann worked with Crowe to create scene-specific outfits, assembling a closet of clothes for each character.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Initially, none of your close friends buy your products or support the idea, but as soon as the business takes off, some of them start asking for discounts or even hinting about potential job opportunities with you.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • For weeks, the New York Ripper case has lurked on the periphery of the series — a boogeyman that the show kept hinting was someone in Dexter’s life.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The original wording suggesting that Soliman faced murder charges in Iraq had been included in the government’s successful argument for keeping him in custody.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement Advertisement In one of several choreographed gestures suggesting a special and intimate relationship between Russia and India, Putin gave Modi a ride in his presidential limousine to their bilateral meeting in Tianjin.
    Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Inferring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferring. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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