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deduce

[dih-doos, -dyoos] / dɪˈdus, -ˈdjus /




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They deduce that, overnight, instruments have recorded a tightening cluster of earthquakes beneath Yellowstone’s vast caldera, which is roughly 55–70 kilometers across.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Those who trust these writers’ capabilities with using comic book properties as springboards to examine thornier issues can probably deduce that “Lanterns” is employing it for a specific reason.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

NFL games have replay after replay and you still need tenured MIT scientists to deduce what constitutes a catch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Don’t waste one brain cell trying to deduce the assassin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

But Leo still had to deduce the right sequence to activate this control sphere.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

She correctly deduces that he knows nothing of personal tragedy, though she is clearly charmed by him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Then, with what it deduces about an individual's personality, the AI overlays that on top of what advertisers already know about people.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025

When one starts barking orders in Arabic, Sam quickly deduces that he is merely trying to communicate with passengers on a plane that just took off from Dubai.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

He sees this dame as not hard to read and correctly deduces the contents, which impresses her.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2021

Marie-Laure deduces what she can from the sounds of their shoes: those are small, those weigh a ton, those hardly exist at all.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

“Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence,” on BritBox starting Wednesday, is “based on the stories and characters of Agatha Christie,” which the detectives among you have deduced has something to do with … Agatha Christie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

After scouring job postings online and talking with local ranchers, he’s deduced that the land might soon be transformed into one of the many large-scale data centers moving into Montana over the past year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Barclays deduced that the prediction markets with the most liquidity were able to provide valuable insights that can be compared to other available data.

From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026

From this, they deduced that DNA must have a three-dimensional, double-helix structure - like a twisted ladder with rungs formed of alternating salt and phosphate groups.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

“Only a genius could have deduced as much.”

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

These include age verification tools such as facial age estimation, which must be "robust" in deducing whether a user is over 18.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025

Their system is becoming increasingly capable of deducing what is and is not alert-worthy on its own by using context clues, he said.

From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2023

Mattel originally conceived of the Dreamhouse for entirely capitalistic reasons, correctly deducing that kids lucky enough to get one would bother their parents to buy more Barbies for the original homeowner to play with.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2023

The IRS doesn’t track the race or ethnicity of taxpayers, but researchers used a methodology of deducing race by name and geography.

From Washington Times ● May 15, 2023

Am I right in deducing that these charges were incurred by you?

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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