inferences

Example Sentences

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“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

Hawley has a penchant for poetic concepts, literary references, political inferences and out-of-the-mainstream ideas that may not always make perfect sense, but his ambition shows through.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

His analysis of these cases is shallow and often dubious; Barrett highlighted unfounded inferences in Thomas’ skim of the historical record, questioning his generalizations from a handful of archaic decisions.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2024

In statistics and machine learning, the goal is to learn from past data to make new predictions or inferences about future data.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2024

It refers to a situation that the writer is uncertain about, and it invites the reader to draw inferences or make predictions about that situation.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker