inferred

Example Sentences

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"For many cosmic-ray events taken together, their energy distribution, arrival-direction pattern and statistically inferred composition provide important clues about where these particles come from and how they are accelerated."

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Lacking data on who actually adopted DEI, the authors inferred the presence of such policies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

That case, the company said, “related to an engineer following inaccurate advice that an AI tool inferred from an outdated internal wiki,” and none involved “AI-written code.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

"If some people have mistakenly inferred that this children's production has any content about the migrant situation which has sparked debate in the UK some nine years later, then their reaction is misplaced."

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

A sign is that from which something else is inferred, for example murder from blood.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton