infer
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The judge would have to infer guilt from the fact that stories contained private information, and, he claimed, Mail journalists had a "propensity" to use unlawful methods.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
By combining telescope observations with detailed models of planetary interiors and atmospheres, they were able to infer what is happening deep inside the planet.
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
Any reasonable person can infer that these transactions are bribes.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
But neither company has experience in selling to enterprises, and we can infer from some of their statements that it’s slower going than they’d like.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
The physical and linguistic evidence considered so far has let us infer these prehistoric engulfings, but it still hasn’t solved their mysteries for us.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing infer
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 1
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