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
Many people incorrectly interpret the width of the cone as an indication of a storm's physical size, rather than understanding what the graphic is intended to communicate about the uncertainty in its projected track.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
“The author’s intentions mean something, but everyone is free to interpret things their own way.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Maybe there’s another way to interpret her words.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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Perceptual inference refers to the way the brain interprets sensory information and updates its expectations in response.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Now, a Jefferies market intelligence analyst interprets the current wobble as one of the last attractive opportunities to build exposure ahead of what he expects to be a strong November and December.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
A "reasoning model" trained on task-specific examples interprets the goal and formulates Phantom's action plan.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Its on-board AI interprets the data, identifying objects even when mounted on autonomous craft with no remote connectivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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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However, the researchers emphasize that their findings should not be interpreted as evidence that Chornobyl's radioactive contamination is becoming harmless.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Success and failure help to refine how the data is interpreted.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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 appropriate monetary policy should not be interpreted as solely driven by the energy supply shock but rather requires a multi-pronged diagnostic assessment,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
I asked, knowing that depending upon how he interpreted my question we might have a little fun.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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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
Yet the study suggests that some neural processes involved in interpreting language and predicting future information can continue even when that awareness is absent.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
"Accept that their facial expression may mean anything, and distract yourself internally from interpreting these facial expressions."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
They gathered around the pod and touched it delicately with those powerful, flexible trunks, and she found herself interpreting the soft chirrups and clicks and hoots they were making as expressions of disapproval.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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