infer
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Scientists infer its existence from the gravitational effects it produces on stars, galaxies, and other cosmic structures.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
The question is whether officials should still explain how they are likely to respond to changes in the economy or leave investors to infer that from the Fed’s actions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Both Steinbeck and Zoe Kazan infer that something happened to Cathy when she was very young.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Location data is any kind of data which can be used to infer a person's location.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
“You infer correctly, ” said Blanche. in behalf of/on behalf of.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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One way Caballero infers this is by comparing Treasury yields to swaps, derivatives used to manage interest exposure that serve as a sort of benchmark corporate borrowing rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Rather than randomly sampling the noise term, their approximation technique infers the missing term from the current 3D shape rendering.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024
"And this model infers whether the vessel is likely a fishing vessel or not a fishing vessel, like passenger vessels, oil tankers, shipping vessels and that kind of stuff."
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2024
"The depth infers that it's probably natural. Natural events typically occur at those depths," Salvage said at the time.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2023
From this passage and similar notices of the Continental Saxons he infers that they had remained free from Roman influences and from any foreign intermixture of blood or institutions.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
Investors increasingly inferred from the performance of the economy and Warsh’s comments at a press conference that a second straight rate increase was more likely than not this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Near the cluster's center, the shape of the intracluster light closely matches the distribution of dark matter inferred from strong gravitational lensing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Meink didn’t say, but the range can be inferred from published accounts about the kinds of space-control weapons that Russia or China has launched and tested.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Lawyers for Rockstar said there was nothing in the signatures that could identify them as union members, but Oram told the tribunal it could be "inferred" who was by those who handed in the petition.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
I could see him moody, difficult, irritable perhaps, but not angry as she had inferred, not passionate.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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It’s not even a case of inferring reality from a dog that didn’t bark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Not all of the King's speech needed inferring.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
But TS Lombard economist Dario Perkins said inferring anything of value from the chart would actually be a mistake.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
However, Stas acknowledges that the companion is still inferring and reflecting back a user’s cues.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2025
The other is growing the right branches, that is, inferring how the words are supposed to join up in phrases.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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