extrapolate
Example Sentences
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The entire series, written by the clever Ben Elton, extrapolated what little is known about the Bard into an ingenious series of perfectly plausible comic dilemmas, and an occasional unexpected dramatic one.
“There are amateurs on Twitter who sound good but are wildly extrapolating,” the 33-year-old Swain says.
From Los Angeles Times
But Hunnes said questions still remained on whether the results of tests on animals such as rats could be extrapolated to humans.
From Los Angeles Times
“The farther into the future you extrapolate, the more difficult it is to find the most accurate projection of what might happen,” Gore said by phone.
From New York Times
"We are pretty good at extrapolating data from animal models to humans," Demokritou said, adding that with the evidence that microplastics have already been found in human placentas, it's possible.
From Salon
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