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inference

[in-fer-uhns, -fruhns] / ˈɪn fər əns, -frəns /


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Many of the new startups are developing chips tailored for inference, including the U.K. startup Fractile and SambaNova.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

"It is earned through transparency, verification, and a clear distinction between fact, inference, and speculation."

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

"This corresponds to the neuroscientific distinction between changing one's own predictions, perceptual inference, and the attempt to make the world conform to them, namely active inference."

From Science Daily Jul. 1, 2026

As inference takes over, Nvidia’s competitors see an opportunity to edge into this giant and fast growing market.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

“Your inference is that he left a line behind, then replaced it with that new one—exhibit B, right there in your hand—replaced it when he got back to the docks.”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

They can analyze data and make predictive inferences.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

However, if a tenant is late or misses a payment, it shows up as “no data available” on a credit report, which Dempsey said lenders and future landlords can draw negative inferences from.

From MarketWatch Jun. 2, 2026

The commission said this was "a salient reminder to the commission not to jump to conclusions and the dangers of drawing adverse inferences from events unknown".

From BBC Sep. 3, 2025

Hawley has a penchant for poetic concepts, literary references, political inferences and out-of-the-mainstream ideas that may not always make perfect sense, but his ambition shows through.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2025

Let me end, then, with a couple of additional bad inferences which are further suggestive of the role that innumeracy—in the guise of fallacious logic—plays in pseudoscience.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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