inferences

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“In sum,” Allen’s attorneys wrote, “the government’s entire argument about the nature and circumstances of the offense is based upon inferences drawn about Mr. Allen’s intent that raise more questions than answers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 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

We don’t yet know the precise details of the deal, or why Putin and President Joe Biden’s team of negotiators have struck it now, but a few inferences can be drawn.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2024

And so, in consequence, there are infinite habitable worlds; what hinders? ... these and suchlike insolent and bold attempts, prodigious paradoxes, inferences must needs follow, if it once be granted which ...

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan