draw an inference
Example Sentences
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But will the judge "draw an inference" that Mr Morgan not giving evidence suggests he was involved?
From BBC
"Sanctions could include monetary fines, or even adverse decisions about the case, such as allowing the jury to draw an inference in favor of Dominion as to particular issues."
From Salon
"This is a civil case — so the court can draw an inference of liability. This is exactly what the AG was hoping to achieve. The case is now even stronger," he wrote.
From Salon
Some doctors at NYU are also prescribing azithromycin in combination with hydroxychloroquine, although Belmont said the medical literature he has seen is “insufficient to draw an inference that the combination is especially effective.”
From Reuters
And so I draw an inference in that paragraph where he’s basically saying this has got to go to Congress, the public body, to act on all this.
From The New Yorker
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