interpret
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Even with those limitations, the findings could change how archaeologists interpret other crowded burial spaces.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Which three players converge differs throughout the game and the players are given a level of personal responsibility to interpret the match during it.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Yet many investors tend to interpret those records as warning signs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
As institutional economist Douglass North argued, institutions shape the “rules of the game” by influencing the mental models people use to interpret the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
They mean you can interpret it any way you like.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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
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
The device detects that change and interprets it as a touch.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 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
For the King, or at least this is how Malory interprets him, was the patron saint of chivalry.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
“The message was not being clearly interpreted about us being protective of whistleblowers,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
“What we have seen so far is increasingly interpreted through the lens of ‘salami-slicing’ tactics—limited, incremental escalation designed to weaken capabilities before a larger confrontation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher said the remarks "were not intended to be interpreted the way that our political opponents and some media outlets are reporting".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The researchers interpreted this pattern as a sign of more efficient brain function.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
You’ve listened to the testimony and you’ve had the law read to you and interpreted as it applies to this case.
From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose
The trust has provided guides for patients on how to access interpreting and translation services, increasing the use of interpreters by 50% in one year.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
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
Is gathering information fundamentally different from interpreting it?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Why don’t we go and have a butterbeer in the Three Broomsticks, it’s a bit cold, isn’t it? You don’t have to talk to Ron!” she added irritably, correctly interpreting his silence.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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