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to make plain or understandable
a biblical passage that scholars haven't been able to interpret to everyone's satisfaction
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to present a portrayal or performance of
interpreted the role of Fletcher Christian in a challengingly new way
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Recent Examples of interpreted
Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
When junior employees ask similar questions, it may be interpreted as being unprepared or inexperienced.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Some residents interpreted the meme as a threat to shoot up Perry County High School, a local school in Linden, leading Weems to arrest Bushart for threatening to commit an act of mass violence at the school.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 20 May 2026
Her father pled no contest to avoid a trial, per his lawyer’s advice, which the tabloids interpreted as guilty.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 19 May 2026
This was true for cases where participants both drew physical tarot cards and then interpreted them with AI, or used AI to directly simulate tarot readings.
—Ziv Epstein, Fortune, 16 May 2026
The withdrawal of a country’s panda privileges has sometimes been interpreted as an act of displeasure by China.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 14 May 2026
Measures seen as defensive in Tokyo or Manila are invariably interpreted in Beijing as offensive—reinforcing, rather than easing, cycles of suspicion.
—Yu Jie, Time, 13 May 2026
The infographic itself is not sourced, and does not explain how its author interpreted the relevant data.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
The authors cautioned that the effects were moderate and should be interpreted as a short-term dietary intervention rather than a clinical treatment.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
When junior employees ask similar questions, it may be interpreted as being unprepared or inexperienced.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Some residents interpreted the meme as a threat to shoot up Perry County High School, a local school in Linden, leading Weems to arrest Bushart for threatening to commit an act of mass violence at the school.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 20 May 2026
Her father pled no contest to avoid a trial, per his lawyer’s advice, which the tabloids interpreted as guilty.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 19 May 2026
This was true for cases where participants both drew physical tarot cards and then interpreted them with AI, or used AI to directly simulate tarot readings.
—Ziv Epstein, Fortune, 16 May 2026
The withdrawal of a country’s panda privileges has sometimes been interpreted as an act of displeasure by China.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 14 May 2026
Measures seen as defensive in Tokyo or Manila are invariably interpreted in Beijing as offensive—reinforcing, rather than easing, cycles of suspicion.
—Yu Jie, Time, 13 May 2026
The infographic itself is not sourced, and does not explain how its author interpreted the relevant data.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 21 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interpreted
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Army officials explained that the system is being considered as a mid-range defense option, filling the gap between electronic warfare tools and costly missile interceptors.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
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Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman had already explained that the Siri interface was hidden in the initial marketing for WWDC26.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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Houston had played a club-record 13 straight matches without a draw to begin a season.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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The conservative Freedom Foundation, an organization that played a role in the law’s creation, celebrated its passage.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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Sometimes the wait for a reward can be significantly longer, as illustrated in the following e-mail from Kathy Kravitz, who gardens in Winnetka.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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There was another side to his game that day which illustrated his importance to Arsenal.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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There are also questions over the future of Vicario, with Kinsky having performed so well in goal over the final weeks of the season.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Earlier this year performed at the Grammy Awards, where he was nominated for best new artist alongside Addison Rae, Alex Warren, the Marías, Leon Thomas, Lola Young, Katseye and Olivia Dean, who ended up taking home the award.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
8 Aug. 2025
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Though the top judge later clarified that his remarks related only to individuals with spurious degrees and not India’s youth in general, the remarks kicked up a social media storm—which fueled thousands of sign-ups on CJP’s website, taking even Dipke by surprise.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 May 2026
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An official later reportedly clarified that the post was Kim's opinion, and not a subject of formal discussions.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
23 May 2026
Verb
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Then Colbert made a joke of introducing Pope Leo as the final guest, portrayed as refusing to come out of his dressing room, before the real guest came out for an interview that extended across commercial breaks.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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Tech leaders have portrayed the role of human software engineers as a human in the loop, overseeing and verifying AI agents that do the work of coders.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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The Premier League’s sudden obsession with dead-ball situations is best demonstrated by Brentford deciding to replace Frank with Keith Andrews, who previously was the club’s set-piece coach.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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Past players have demonstrated that Minecraft is Turing complete, meaning that any computer program can be implemented within the game.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
25 May 2026
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“Interpreted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interpreted. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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