interpolated

past tense of interpolate

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Recent Examples of interpolated Part of Ayers’s respect in the hip-hop community is derived from his willingness to work with the artists who’ve sampled and interpolated him. Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025 The song has been sampled or interpolated over 150 times, according to Whosampled. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2025 The figure below shows the long-term oil demand from the IEA’s World Energy Outlook volumes from 2019 to 2024 (data is interpolated). Michael Lynch, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 Trenchant talks about trust, love and parental obligation were interpolated with shocking surprises. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Dec. 2024 Thornton cleared his throat, and politely interpolated his thoughts. Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024 The visual wizardry, coupled with improvisational instrumentals, also harkened back to their Acid Tests days, where the Dead interpolated songs with hiatuses of silence, filling the void with a cacophony of lights and incoherence. Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interpolated
Verb
  • Transfer pan to preheated oven; roast until a thermometer inserted into thickest portion of breast registers 165°F, 1 hour to 1 hour, 10 minutes.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Having a large needle inserted into my spine for 20 minutes in order to collect enough cerebrospinal fluid was terrifying.
    Michelle Maves, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Pennywise — the iconic, malevolent shapeshifting entity that often takes the form of a dancing clown and was first introduced in Stephen King's 1986 novel It — suddenly and mysteriously appeared on five different continents on Tuesday.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Micheli estimated about 70 bills had some form of this language, about 3% of the almost 2,400 bills introduced.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Interpolated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interpolated. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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