interpret
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Companies that sell a possible cancer signal should also explain who will interpret the results, coordinate the next tests, and help patients manage the costs.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Much of what happens next for the yen will depend on U.S. inflation data due this week and how markets interpret any new signals from either central bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Like humans, sharks use a melody of senses to interpret the world around them, said Chris Lowe, director of the Shark Lab at Cal State Long Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
There’s a not-so-subtle message in that genesis myth explaining the compulsion for men to dismiss a woman’s anger, however the Greeks might define it, even if you don’t interpret it as such.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
She shot me a look that I couldn’t quite interpret, and then said, “Holmesy’s like a grandmother when it comes to the internet.”
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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Together, these abilities suggest that traveling waves may be central to how the brain interprets incoming information rather than simply reflecting background electrical activity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 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
He explains the history, offers the evidence, interprets its meaning, outlines the plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
That history of mistrust is an important backdrop to Thursday's escalation, shaping how Baku interprets every move coming from Tehran.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
For the King, or at least this is how Malory interprets him, was the patron saint of chivalry.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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But that being said, you have to keep in mind that we are getting this information secondhand, it’s a juror note that’s being interpreted and characterized by Reddington.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Many have interpreted the police report pointing to the role of Moroccan security forces in the July crossing as reinforcing this theory, although Sánchez maintained there was no solid evidence of government involvement.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The researchers developed a theoretical framework showing that many situations described as a "quantum superposition of gravity" can also be interpreted in a very different way.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
“People interpreted it that we’re trying to discourage all whistleblowers by the way we went about this prosecution,” Hochman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
I therefore had to report each dream I remembered so that it could be interpreted by my mother or father.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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It made headlines in February for announcing a new AI tool that can create personal tax strategies by interpreting financial documents without any manual entry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"We hope this encourages researchers and clinicians to factor in medication history when interpreting microbiome data."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
Ekman and Friesen ultimately assembled all these combinations—and the rules for reading and interpreting them—into the Facial Action Coding System, or FACS, and wrote them up in a five-hundred-page document.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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