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induction

[in-duhk-shuhn] / ɪnˈdʌk ʃən /




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As David Hume observed, empirical science depends on induction: We generalize from what has been observed to what hasn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

The sport just finished off a week-long celebration fiesta for Roger Federer leading into his induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Parton's 2022 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame marked a characteristically self-aware turn.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

"It really upends a theory that says that symbolic rule induction is not possible without linguistic capacities," says Kean.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

The names of the freshmen were read aloud—like the induction to some kind of society.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

Inspectors highlighted staff shortages, low morale, a failure to investigate and learn from incidents and delays to performing C-sections and inductions.

From BBC ● May 11, 2026

Here’s the link to past Hall of Fame inductions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2025

With the inductions concluded, Dion performed his signature hit “The Wanderer,” while Love brought the house down with “River Deep Mountain High.”

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024

Stone didn’t get the elaborate, celebrity-stocked welcome that sometimes accompanies these inductions.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2023

It contends that its principles are based upon large and safe inductions, made from an immense accumulation of facts in natural science, political economy and social ethics.

From The Alternative: A Separate Nationality, or The Africanization of the South by William Henry Holcombe




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