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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

As we deduce from the phone calls Maxine makes back home, she’s also going through an acrimonious divorce and has trouble connecting with her blasé teenage daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

The detective and his team deduce that the plotters likely include government and industry officials in Canada and the U.S., as well as organized-crime figures and even members of the Quebec police force.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

But though in his youth he had received prizes for his ability to deduce square roots from memory, he was unable to solve the mystery of his daughter’s disease.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

But Igor isn’t just adept at sniffing out truffles — he quickly deduces that she’s emotionally lost.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025

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

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

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2021

Because he saw that Major Rathbone’s wounds were caused by a knife, and because he hadn’t heard any gunshots during the performance, Leale deduces that Lincoln was stabbed.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

“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

Admirable though Mr. Lynn’s dedication to resurrecting Wilder’s unfinished work may be, the production affirms what Wilder seems to have deduced about the play: that he could never quite realize his ambitions for it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

The analysts split out the ETFs that they deduced retail investors put their money in.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025

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

From this he deduced that the Earth has a core.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

He soon reemerged, correctly deducing that there will always be starry-eyed sports fans willing to overlook pervasive failings.

From Slate ● May 29, 2024

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

“It’s like deducing the properties of unobserved dark matter by looking at its gravitational effects.”

From Science Magazine ● Jul. 20, 2022

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

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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