interpret as

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Victory estimates a combined company could yield $500 million of annual “synergies,” which many interpret as cost cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

While generally regarded as hawk during his time at the Fed, more recently, he has criticized current Chair Jerome Powell in ways Wall Street observers interpret as dovish.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

It may also account for the unusual composition of the large low-shear-velocity provinces and ultra-low-velocity zones, which the scientists interpret as the cooled remains of a "basal magma ocean" altered by core-derived material.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

By now, it’s hard to interpret as anything other than a justice’s contemptuous refusal to be held to any rules at all.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025

I grunted noncommittally, which Travis chose to interpret as assent; he fell in beside us, and he and Lula chattered on about the kittens.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly