deduce
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The researchers concluded that vets could use such timed “up and go” tests to deduce whether a dog’s physical functions are declining between visits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
As we deduce from the phone calls Maxine makes back home, she’s also going through an acrimonious divorce and has trouble connecting with her blasé teenage daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
This gives scientists a brief chance to measure how the more stable elements decay, then deduce the properties of the original particle.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
So what can we deduce from all of this?
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
To understand the basic outline of this technique, imagine trying to deduce the shape of a minute three-dimensional object—a cube, say.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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But Igor isn’t just adept at sniffing out truffles — he quickly deduces that she’s emotionally lost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
Then, with what it deduces about an individual's personality, the AI overlays that on top of what advertisers already know about people.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
When one starts barking orders in Arabic, Sam quickly deduces that he is merely trying to communicate with passengers on a plane that just took off from Dubai.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
But Bron is also, as Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc eventually deduces, an idiot.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
Because he saw that Major Rathbone’s wounds were caused by a knife, and because he hadn’t heard any gunshots during the performance, Leale deduces that Lincoln was stabbed.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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Barclays deduced that the prediction markets with the most liquidity were able to provide valuable insights that can be compared to other available data.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
Using details like the number of shadows that fall on each guest’s neck, she deduced features such as the number of light sources the show uses, as well as the 360-degree studio setup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
Plaintiffs’ net recoveries were still about 15% lower than they would have been without MICRA, Rand deduced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026
He confidently illustrates what he’s deduced by drawing a grid on a whiteboard and yammering as his suspects and colleagues watch, slack-jawed.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2025
Bobby was smirking at her, she noted, and she deduced that it was a smirk of victory.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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These include age verification tools such as facial age estimation, which must be "robust" in deducing whether a user is over 18.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025
Their system is becoming increasingly capable of deducing what is and is not alert-worthy on its own by using context clues, he said.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2023
The IRS doesn’t track the race or ethnicity of taxpayers, but researchers used a methodology of deducing race by name and geography.
From Washington Times ● May 15, 2023
“It’s like deducing the properties of unobserved dark matter by looking at its gravitational effects.”
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 20, 2022
Am I right in deducing that these charges were incurred by you?
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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