interpret
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Yet many investors tend to interpret those records as warning signs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
As institutional economist Douglass North argued, institutions shape the “rules of the game” by influencing the mental models people use to interpret the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The researchers note that free-ranging dogs, including those that live on the street, experience a very different social environment and may interpret human signals differently.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
After meeting at secondary school in Mexico the two went on to work together on research projects that have revealed how dogs interpret and respond to human language and behaviour.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
While she read, I hunched over my plate like a gargoyle, trying to interpret her head tilt.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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A "reasoning model" trained on task-specific examples interprets the goal and formulates Phantom's action plan.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Its on-board AI interprets the data, identifying objects even when mounted on autonomous craft with no remote connectivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Saylor was keen to point out “systemically important banks like Morgan Stanley and Citi, all with intent to integrate bitcoin into their operations,” which he interprets as an “embrace of bitcoin as a creditworthy instrument.”
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
The device detects that change and interprets it as a touch.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
But they also light up when the brain interprets something as pleasurable, even if the behavior doesn’t appear to have the survival value of, say, eating or procreating.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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Federal prosecutors dispute everything from how Crenshaw interpreted the acting U.S. attorney’s decision to indict to communications with the attorney general’s office and televised comments Blanche himself made about this case.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2026
The news was widely interpreted as a signal that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was concerned about the recent surge in long‑end yields, says Kristina Clifton, FX strategist at CBA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
But GoPuff made another part of the bargain newly explicit: convenience was beginning to include having my wants interpreted for me.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
“The message was not being clearly interpreted about us being protective of whistleblowers,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
In a movement known as the New Departure, some women’s rights advocates interpreted the new amendment in a way that actually allowed female suffrage.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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The trust has provided guides for patients on how to access interpreting and translation services, increasing the use of interpreters by 50% in one year.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“In performing his music again, 70 years later, these artists are interpreting how his work impacts the music we have today.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
“We are interpreting the flows in August as clients seeking to add duration once yields hit historic highs,” a BlackRock spokesperson said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Gustavo Duque, mayor of Chacao, a middle-class Caracas neighbourhood, urges caution in interpreting the red sign too simply.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Farmer listens good-naturedly, interpreting Ti Jean’s words as “a giant morality play, a commentary on social inequality.”
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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