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deductive

[dih-duhk-tiv] / dɪˈdʌk tɪv /








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Then again, those New Year’s Eve revelers may have had their powers of basic detection and deductive reasoning sharpened by being led astray by AI slop.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026

Not through any kind of intuition or deductive superpower, mind you.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

A mathematician might point to a deductive argument, a scientist to experiments, and a lawyer to courtroom evidence and testimony.

From Scientific American • Jul. 1, 2023

The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was deductive.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

But the tension was felt everywhere; it spilled over into our studies, and arguments over Milton, Talleyrand or deductive procedures in logic were often clear substitutes for the outlawed fistfights over Zionism.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok




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