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interpretation

[in-tur-pri-tay-shuhn] / ɪnˌtɜr prɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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Some of you questioned that interpretation, however, wondering if it might have been caused by unrelated factors such as supply disruptions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

They also offer a different interpretation of why positive language is so common.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

An audience raised on Instagram Reels isn’t likely to track down the full context of those clips, let alone question Mr. Piker’s interpretation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

That 2019 opinion, which Kagan herself wrote, was about how much courts should defer to an expert federal agency’s interpretation of its own regulations.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026

Hence a possible interpretation seems to me idea diffusion, as in the case of Sequoyah’s syllabary.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Rather than rehashing traditional compositions, the group recognizes these sorely untapped sounds as living and malleable, creating new interpretations that bring them to our times without losing an ounce of their essence and verve.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Seyfried, out of character, also ends up serving as a sounding board, sharing her own interpretations of Holmes and Evans’s behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

He said he was not looking for "historical interpretations of IPA".

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Despite a request from litigants to overturn prior rulings in Kisor, a slim majority of the court ruled that judges were still required to defer to an agency’s interpretations of its regulations.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026

If you read many US history books, you may find several interpretations of the country’s origin myth.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz


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