infer
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Responding “We bought a Christmas tree” is a happy, cozy statement, reflecting that you will not be spending Christmas alone, or, one can infer, most likely dying alone too.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
One might infer, as Baier suggested in his Friday interview, that Iran’s nuclear ambitions are thus effectively contained.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
But what he meant, it is fair to infer from the text, was that nobody builds alone.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
“Investors may reasonably infer that the ETF reflects the analyst’s research, views, or that he has influence over portfolio construction. That creates a potential perception by investors that the analyst is endorsing the investment.”
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
The physical and linguistic evidence considered so far has let us infer these prehistoric engulfings, but it still hasn’t solved their mysteries for us.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing infer
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Vocabulary of the Common Core
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