infer

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By combining telescope observations with detailed models of planetary interiors and atmospheres, they were able to infer what is happening deep inside the planet.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

Any reasonable person can infer that these transactions are bribes.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Here is what I infer of the president’s logic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

But neither company has experience in selling to enterprises, and we can infer from some of their statements that it’s slower going than they’d like.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The physical and linguistic evidence considered so far has let us infer these prehistoric engulfings, but it still hasn’t solved their mysteries for us.

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