inference
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In California, 61% of voters recently identified federal inference in November as a “major concern,” according to a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
"Even better, our original inference of melting has now been confirmed directly with X-ray diffraction."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The project has incurred upfront costs, but they are expected to amortize as lawyers spend less time repeating instructions and readding documents, lowering Harvey’s inference costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"So the inference that the Met didn't try on that case is just not true, the Met tried," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The distinction between two very different types of inference, between vestiges and analogies, is still important for Locke.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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They can analyze data and make predictive inferences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
However, if a tenant is late or misses a payment, it shows up as “no data available” on a credit report, which Dempsey said lenders and future landlords can draw negative inferences from.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
“In sum,” Allen’s attorneys wrote, “the government’s entire argument about the nature and circumstances of the offense is based upon inferences drawn about Mr. Allen’s intent that raise more questions than answers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
Rather than mentioning those supposed practical considerations, treatises from the early Christian centuries draw from biblical inferences, contemporary understanding of time and calendrical math to argue for its case.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
And so, in consequence, there are infinite habitable worlds; what hinders? ... these and suchlike insolent and bold attempts, prodigious paradoxes, inferences must needs follow, if it once be granted which ...
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Vocabulary lists containing inference
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 4
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The Scientific Method
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