interpret
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Listeners interpret Kiedis’ lyrics in many ways, but regardless of what he intended, the song’s message circles back to nurturing and harnessing one’s individuality into a creative fuel.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
As the late Justice Antonin Scalia stressed, legislative floor explanations are weak evidence for the core originalist question: How would a contemporary informed reader interpret the words as enacted?
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
“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
The children crouched on the limbs of a water oak that grew outside Mary Anne’s window, listened to their mother’s laughter, and tried to interpret its meaning.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
