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extrapolate

[ik-strap-uh-leyt] / ɪkˈstræp əˌleɪt /


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Mr Justice Nicklin started to ask what the best single piece of evidence for each article was, and Sherborne was forced to say: "We are asking your lordship to extrapolate."

From BBC

The software bears have extrapolated to a future in which much of office work is done by agents, not by people.

From Barron's

That data can ultimately be extrapolated to regions where there isn’t much flood information to help predict sudden rainfall, Google said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The findings were then extrapolated to produce annual estimates.

From BBC

“Investors tend to extrapolate recent performance. Periods of strong gains foster overconfidence.”

From Barron's