interpret
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He’s malleable and clueless about a lot of things, including whether it’s appropriate to interpret a female colleague’s nervous vomiting as an indicator that she’s pregnant.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
The incident highlights the difficulties companies can still face when using AI to speed up or simplify work processes, especially when it is used to interpret words in a specific context.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Instead, the results underscore the difficulty of presenting complex meteorological information in a way that people can readily interpret and use when making safety decisions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Once they started shooting, Fielder said he and Oppenheim were compelled by details they couldn’t interpret.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
She didn’t know exactly how to interpret Badwa's words and chose her own carefully.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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The immune system interprets this misplaced genetic material as a danger signal, triggering an inflammatory response.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
What those commitments are - and how Iran interprets them - will help determine whether this deal sticks.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The garment interprets the artwork, which may or may not have inspired the garment’s design.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Saylor was keen to point out “systemically important banks like Morgan Stanley and Citi, all with intent to integrate bitcoin into their operations,” which he interprets as an “embrace of bitcoin as a creditworthy instrument.”
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 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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While previous research has shown that gestures and vocal cues influence how speech is interpreted, much less has been known about how facial movements affect perceptions of confidence.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
At the same time, psychoanalytic theories may offer more detailed explanations of how expectations are experienced emotionally, interpreted personally, and expressed through relationships.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
"At the same time, the warning could be interpreted as stopping short of completely foreclosing inter-Korean dialogue: essentially telling Seoul not to interfere unless it has something substantial to offer."
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
“The investigation remains active and ongoing, and this preliminary assessment should not be interpreted as a final determination of the circumstances surrounding his death,” the department said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
I interpreted it as a warning of disaster.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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However, interpreting these discoveries has been complicated by extensive damage and looting.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Pène du Bois became deeply attached to Hopper and wrote some selfless essays interpreting and defending Hopper’s art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Alan Mandell, an award-winning actor, arts patron and arts administrator, was best known for co-founding the San Quentin Drama Workshop and interpreting the plays of Samuel Beckett.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Those calculations were critical for interpreting the complex X-ray signals and uncovering the underlying behavior of the electrons and protons.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Predictably, the press began talking about “the New Fischer,” interpreting Bobby’s sartorial upgrade as a sign that he’d crossed into young manhood.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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