extrapolation

Example Sentences

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By extrapolation, he might even be capable of looking his wife and son in the eye and pulling the trigger.

From Washington Post

Stretching such extrapolations beyond Earth—as in the now infamous case of putative microfossils in a Martian meteorite—is a shaky prospect indeed.

From Scientific American

This two-pronged approach of grounding scientists’ extraterrestrial extrapolations with studies of Earthly analogues could help clarify the bedrock limits for life on rocky planets, greatly aiding the development and execution of future extraterrestrial missions.

From Scientific American

This is not an actual prediction, just a deliberately provocative extrapolation from the historical case that may resemble our current political panorama most closely: the 1966 midterm election.

From Washington Post

There are, however, some pretty big holes in the data for anyone trying to do that kind of extrapolation.

From Salon