extrapolate
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"If you extrapolate back, then perhaps the first ones were soft-bodied creatures with entirely organic skeletons and no minerals at all," Xiao said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
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 • Mar. 31, 2026
“Investors tend to extrapolate recent performance. Periods of strong gains foster overconfidence.”
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
“Even when we extrapolate the best-case scenario for chip production from our suppliers, it’s still not enough,” Musk said at the Nov. 6 annual meeting.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025
Then, after all your manipulations are complete, you take the limit: you extrapolate and figure out where the expression is headed.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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