interpret
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Example Sentences
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“We try to interpret American law with American precedent based on American history,” the justice told Sauer.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
The fact: Individual rattlesnakes, just like individual people, vary greatly in how they interpret threats, Pauly said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Historians widely interpret such violence as a counterrevolutionary response to the strength of socialist and labor movements after the First World War.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
Still, the exact origin of modern apes, which include all living species and their last common ancestor, remains uncertain because fossils from this time are rare, scattered, and often difficult to interpret.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
Many times, however, adults are at a loss to understand or interpret what it is children are saying to us, or to appreciate how profound it might be.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
