- present participle of extrapolate.
extrapolating
Example Sentences
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Most of us probably didn’t picture them extrapolating a story “based on a true rumor” into a comedy proposing the famous Texans may be half-siblings.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
That’s as they worry “markets are extrapolating near-term trends — including profits fueled by the investment boom itself — too far into the future.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
No matter the reading, investors should be careful about extrapolating March’s trend into the coming months.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
Analysts calculate a $9.7 billion worst-case scenario, extrapolating the $20 million verdict to all 20,000 potential plaintiffs, based on historic average settlement rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
This principle of ever-more-exact measurement derives from Tycho Brahe; in tightening up the relationship between evidence and theory in physics, Galileo was extrapolating from the practices of the astronomers.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
