interpolated

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Note: Tracks for ships that lose signals are interpolated and may disappear or appear over land.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

It was “Rapper’s Delight,” which interpolated Chic’s hit “Good Times.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2023

Initially sampled by Aaliyah on 1994’s “Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number,” “What You Won’t Do for Love” turned into a foundational sample in hip-hop after Tupac Shakur interpolated it on 1997’s “Do for Love.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2023

His influence on subsequent generations of musicians was deep and wide; numerous contemporary R&B and hip-hop artists, among them Tupac, Nicki Minaj and Mary J. Blige, have sampled or interpolated his work.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2022

Without leaving time for reply, she moved back to her former place, and went on with what she had been saying, as though that sudden soft interpolated whisper had not existed.

From For the Major A Novelette by Woolson, Constance Fenimore