extrapolate
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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.
They then used mathematical clustering methods to estimate the number of distinct concepts that existed in the sample of participants and subsequently to extrapolate that estimate to the world at large.
From Scientific American
Clipper’s data should provide a strong comparison for JUICE’s view of Europa’s ice that would be sufficient to extrapolate and distinguish against whatever the European spacecraft sees at Ganymede and, potentially, Callisto.
From Scientific American
We used the rosette patterns on their coats to identify the individuals we photographed, and statistical models helped us extrapolate the numbers to estimate how many leopards were going undetected.
From Scientific American
Klopp said in his programme notes that it "makes no sense" given the season Liverpool are having to try and extrapolate a measure for the remainder of the season from an individual result.
From BBC
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