- past tense form of interpolate.
- past participle of interpolate.
interpolated
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Note: Tracks for ships that lose signals are interpolated and may disappear or appear over land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
It was “Rapper’s Delight,” which interpolated Chic’s hit “Good Times.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
You can call this thing a memoir — she spoke it, in 1986, to Kurt Loder, who interpolated it as literature.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2023
Initially sampled by Aaliyah on 1994’s “Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number,” “What You Won’t Do for Love” turned into a foundational sample in hip-hop after Tupac Shakur interpolated it on 1997’s “Do for Love.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
"I couldn't have gone anyway," I interpolated, "I have an engagement."
From A Woman of Genius by Mary Hunter Austin
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