extrapolation
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What he admits to be an “unscientific” extrapolation of corporate claims of AI-linked efficiencies shows businesses enjoying an average 150 basis points of margin improvement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
In 2025, the company’s annualized sales—an extrapolation of the next 12 months’ revenue based on recent sales—grew to $1 billion from $100 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Smothermon has argued that Glossip’s defenders made an incorrect extrapolation.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024
Romps and Lu found, however, that the commonly used extrapolation falls far short when conditions of temperature and humidity are extreme.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
With Richardson’s curve and the simplest extrapolation for the future growth of the human population, the two curves do not intersect until the thirtieth century or so, and Doomsday is deferred.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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