- present participle of extrapolate.
extrapolating
Example Sentences
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Most of us probably didn’t picture them extrapolating a story “based on a true rumor” into a comedy proposing the famous Texans may be half-siblings.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
That’s as they worry “markets are extrapolating near-term trends — including profits fueled by the investment boom itself — too far into the future.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Deutsche Bank’s Tom Sykes noted that, although the results point to an underlying acceleration, the market might be cautious about extrapolating too much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
No matter the reading, investors should be careful about extrapolating March’s trend into the coming months.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
Altogether it is thought–though it is really only a guess, based on extrapolating from cratering rates on the Moon–that some two thousand asteroids big enough to imperil civilized existence regularly cross our orbit.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
