interpolation
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For years, she has been jacuzzi-soaking her ballads in pop-rock Americana and Hollywood lore, crowding her lyric sheet with references and interpolations, casual nods and heady genuflections to the coolest songs ever written.
From Washington Post
“It may be difficult for the BEA to capture the degree of weakness given the reliance on surveys and historical interpolations,” said Michelle Meyer, a U.S. economist at Bank of America Securities.
From Reuters
So do “sausage” and “hedgehog” and other unauthorized, sometimes unprintable interpolations.
From New York Times
The conceit that Echo’s echoes of the soprano were enthusiastic interpolations, rapidly shushed by the two other singers, was particularly funny.
From Washington Post
At 9:46 last night, Tom tweeted an 87-second video in which he and his go-to director Christopher McQuarrie explained the concept of video interpolation and why it is the death of all good things.
From The Guardian
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