interpret
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Example Sentences
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The fact: Individual rattlesnakes, just like individual people, vary greatly in how they interpret threats, Pauly said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Historians widely interpret such violence as a counterrevolutionary response to the strength of socialist and labor movements after the First World War.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
Still, the exact origin of modern apes, which include all living species and their last common ancestor, remains uncertain because fossils from this time are rare, scattered, and often difficult to interpret.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
In my work as a psychotherapist, I’ve seen a parallel change in how people interpret their personal lives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
A stranger might reasonably interpret my brother's language as a lack of respect and view my father's response as a form of shameful surrender.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
