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extrapolate

verb as in infer

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“We’re taking a sample and using it to extrapolate to something larger,” said microbiologist Marc Johnson of the University of Missouri.

Craftily extrapolating from current events, Davies creates a fascinating future that serves as a vibrant backdrop for the compelling family saga.

From this we can extrapolate – unless there’s dramatic improvement in the economy – that holiday shoppers will be more selective and value conscious than last year.

In extrapolating their performance this season, the A’s could challenge their 2018 mark.

Researchers can extrapolate from there what is happening in the rest of the state or country.

The study used data collected from 11 states to extrapolate rates for the US as a whole.

We can use evidence from the present to extrapolate about the past.

A sound pension should plan for the time on the bottom, not extrapolate from the moment on top.

But we can extrapolate from previous experience that decapitation does incentivize Hamas to ease up on its attacks.

“Voters extrapolate a lot from the process of your campaign,” Lehane says.

The scientists had worked late, trying to extrapolate their data into some kind of prediction.

Jamison began to extrapolate from his observations out the control-room port, adding film-clips for authority.

He saw his shortcoming, but could not do anything to help it: he was unable to extrapolate ahead.

You doubt it will be Hoskins, because you can't extrapolate how he might break—or even if he would.

Cochrane cocked an eye at Jamison, who could extrapolate at the drop of an equation.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to extrapolate, such as: deduce, hypothesize, anticipate, assume, conclude, and envision.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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