interpret
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Most investors mistakenly interpret a higher price/earnings ratio as an unambiguously bearish indicator.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
The researchers say this newly recognized role of superheating could help volcanologists better interpret monitoring data and improve forecasts of eruption behavior.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
As this series continues to explore how ordinary Americans—not just nine justices—can interpret and enforce the Constitution, the campaign for equal marriage offers examples and tools that dedicated citizens can use to make constitutional meaning.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
Some medical researchers let AI models take the lead alongside human lab workers to gather information, stress-test hypotheses, interpret data and spit out plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Fossilised human bones are no less hard to interpret.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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Arkeus’s AI-powered platform gathers and interprets optical data from proprietary sensors, including light not visible to the human eye.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
It interprets Coachella as a cultural event, deciding what matters, where to look, and how the festival is ultimately remembered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
That history of mistrust is an important backdrop to Thursday's escalation, shaping how Baku interprets every move coming from Tehran.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
Huber interprets Zuckerberg’s statement as a sign that nobody really knows how and when these massive investments will pay off — not even the leaders of the companies doing the spending.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026
But they also light up when the brain interprets something as pleasurable, even if the behavior doesn’t appear to have the survival value of, say, eating or procreating.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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Khokhar describes this as "vague" and raises questions about how it might be interpreted.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Some interpreted the move as the market calling the Federal Reserve’s bluff.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
One of them, “Free and Queer: Black Californian Roots of Gay Liberation,” explores how culture, across print, visual art and performance, has interpreted and shaped Black queer social and political movements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Though some investors interpreted Warsh’s lack of guidance Wednesday as a signal to pare back risk, traders Thursday piled on more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
What had they discovered that could not be interpreted as plausible, though exceptional, coincidence?
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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Using both earlier research and their own findings, the team also created a guide for interpreting possible tooth marks on fossils.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Investors are interpreting the potential deal as one of the biggest examples of circular financing, Jefferies sell-side analyst Jeffrey Favuzza wrote in a Monday note.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Gustavo Duque, mayor of Chacao, a middle-class Caracas neighbourhood, urges caution in interpreting the red sign too simply.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
But these views deserve no weight in interpreting the amendments’ transformative guarantees.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
They had had an argument over a passage of Talmud, they told him, each of them interpreting it in a different way, and they wondered who had been correct.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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