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conclude, decide, deduce, derive, gather, infer, judge, make out, reason, understand
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Using that number and the number of days each inmate has spent in jail to extrapolate the cost of each judge’s docket, Russo’s docket has racked up $1.3 million in taxpayer expense, far outpacing any other judge. — Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com, "One Cuyahoga County judge’s contribution to jail crowding: 13 inmates awaiting trial for more than 400 days," 19 Aug. 2019 People were sort of extrapolating based on Tarantino’s dubious record with depictions of violence and violence against women. — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, "The ‘Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood’ ending, explained," 26 July 2019 Recency effect is the tendency to extrapolate the most recent trend into infinity. — Nancy Tengler, USA TODAY, "For successful investing, what's the trait you need most?," 23 July 2019 But Mason said the new report can’t be used to extrapolate the total spilled from the Taylor site. — Washington Post, "Hidden oil spill: New study contradicts owner’s claims," 24 June 2019 Like virtually everything relating to Colorado weather, be careful with over-extrapolating from these types of signals. — Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, "Bye bye, El Niño: What does that mean for this winter in Colorado?," 10 Aug. 2019 Not to mention how to extrapolate the effects of the drug on people over 70, the maximum age at which the study enrolled patients. — Michael Nedelman, CNN, "Chemo-free drug combo shows 'dramatic' improvement against common leukemia in adults," 31 July 2019 The team could therefore use models employed by linguists to analyze their data on minerals and extrapolate how many undiscovered minerals might exist on Earth. — Quanta Magazine, "How Life and Luck Changed Earth’s Minerals," 11 Aug. 2015 The scientists then extrapolated across the globe to find where environment variables were likely to support populations of the animals—and how that will change with global warming. — Douglas Main, National Geographic, "Raccoons are spreading across Earth—and climate change could help," 29 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'extrapolate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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