extrapolation
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What he admits to be an “unscientific” extrapolation of corporate claims of AI-linked efficiencies shows businesses enjoying an average 150 basis points of margin improvement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
In 2025, the company’s annualized sales—an extrapolation of the next 12 months’ revenue based on recent sales—grew to $1 billion from $100 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
“When you look into the Feast of Seven Fishes, it’s sort of an extrapolation of that.”
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
Smothermon has argued that Glossip’s defenders made an incorrect extrapolation.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024
I wonder if its social extrapolation is a major reason for attempts at its suppression.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing extrapolation
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Cosmos
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