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as in deriving
to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information
he inferred that she had left because her coat was gone
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as in implying
to convey an idea indirectly
the results infer that there might be a problem with one piece of the equipment
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Recent Examples of inferring
This allows engineers to collect information directly from within the battery rather than inferring its condition through external measurements alone.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 June 2026
The platform should generate MCP tools at runtime, discovering sources, inferring schema semantics and exposing them to agents without manual configuration while updating the ontology in near real time.
—Shailesh Manjrekar, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Large language models are extraordinarily good at inferring context clues—in this case, the user’s name, professional background, and likely objections—and tailoring output accordingly.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
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
State-of-the-art frame interpolation methods generate intermediate frames by inferring object motions in the image from consecutive key-frames.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2022
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 June 2026
The platform should generate MCP tools at runtime, discovering sources, inferring schema semantics and exposing them to agents without manual configuration while updating the ontology in near real time.
—Shailesh Manjrekar, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Large language models are extraordinarily good at inferring context clues—in this case, the user’s name, professional background, and likely objections—and tailoring output accordingly.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
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
State-of-the-art frame interpolation methods generate intermediate frames by inferring object motions in the image from consecutive key-frames.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inferring
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Adoring the outcome means deriving joy from seeing the success of others.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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But deriving a unified theory of volcanism will require a geologic Manhattan Project.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 May 2026
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Strategist Ohsung Kwon raised his year-end S & P 500 target to 7,950, implying upside of more than 5% from Monday's close.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
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Worries about neighborhood gentrification, implying a new tourist destination is all downside.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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The lack of information generally is a big issue for blind travelers as well, along with airline and airport employees not understanding the rules that govern accommodations for blind passengers.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
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For businesspeople, institutional investors, consumers with credit card or automobile debt, or anyone or anything else — for you — understanding the Fed is important.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Concurrently, the Federal Reserve maintained interest rates, indicating no immediate cuts given persistent high inflation and robust job growth.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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According to the Ouray County Sheriff's Office, there is no signage indicating that the pass is closed on the San Miguel side.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Engineers still need to examine the bridge design, inspection history, traffic loads, weather, material condition and measurement uncertainty before deciding whether to repair, restrict traffic or close a bridge.—
Alex Krasnok,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
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The market was not suddenly deciding that Novo Nordisk was a bad business.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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The double wear of American designers has some royal watchers speculating that Princess Kate is hinting that a trip across the pond is on the agenda in the near future.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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Winners 1) Xavier Becerra — Only two months ago, the low-key former California attorney general was polling at just 5%, stuck in a distant sixth place in the governor’s race and one of the candidates party leaders were hinting should drop out.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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This revelation sparks questions about a potential double standard by MLB, suggesting a stricter enforcement of uniform policies now that the issue has garnered national attention, compared to Kershaw's similar past actions.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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The 2024 study, published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, is among a growing amount of human and animal research suggesting plastics pose health hazards that only now are coming into focus.—
Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
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“Inferring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferring. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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