as in to derive
to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information
we can extrapolate from past economic recessions the probable course of the current one
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And to look at a distant, standardized class of object (most often type Ia supernovae) in the Universe that can be observed at a variety of distances to extrapolate how the Universe has expanded over the timespan that the light has traveled from those objects to our eyes.
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Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
British writers’ disdainful accounts of the Rathayatra led, metonymically, to a pejorative sense of a juggernaut as a massive crushing vehicle, which was later extrapolated to its present meaning in English usage.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
The list is far too long to extrapolate on comprehensively in a single column, but consider this.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
Consultants from both parties caution against extrapolating too much from special elections with limited turnout.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
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Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
British writers’ disdainful accounts of the Rathayatra led, metonymically, to a pejorative sense of a juggernaut as a massive crushing vehicle, which was later extrapolated to its present meaning in English usage.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
The list is far too long to extrapolate on comprehensively in a single column, but consider this.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
Consultants from both parties caution against extrapolating too much from special elections with limited turnout.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
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Other standouts include bamboo extract, which shields hair from temperatures up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit, and the brand’s B-Pro3 bond technology, a complex derived from chia seeds that can help protect hair from future damage.—
Sarah Felbin,
Allure,
26 Apr. 2026
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The sandwiches derive their names from the city’s streets.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Brown doesn’t need social media to understand the opportunity at his fingertips.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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In the 1950s, Walt Disney understood that Disneyland was the necessary lifeline that allowed the Walt Disney Studios to survive the arrival of television.—
Roland Betancourt,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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That April, Valerii decided to sell his Moskvitch in Kyiv.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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By the time Claudia Martínez added a fourth in the 75th minute, Audi Field was buzzing, the result long decided.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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By carefully analyzing the neutron data, the team could calculate the QFI for a material—and from that, infer how deeply entangled its internal particles are.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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Wolfgang Pauli first inferred the presence of the neutrino in 1930 from a study of radioactive decays.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Extrapolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extrapolate. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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