interpret
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When unrest erupts abroad, the U.S. is quick to interpret it as a warning for us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
It’s bad for democracy to throw raw data at people and hope that they interpret it.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
Now Johnson said she’s struggling to get her resume and cover letter through automated application readers that may mistakenly interpret her college graduation date of 2025 as meaning she’s had little work experience.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Using images of a male and female with visible differences, we tested five popular AI tools to understand if and how they would interpret the prompt "make this person normal".
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Scholars today are confronted with the problem of how to non-arbitrarily interpret the Qur’an.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Stifel interprets this as meaning between 300 million francs and 400 million francs, which would give the deal an attractive valuation for Lonza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Democrats aren’t necessarily viewed more positively than Republicans right now, but Nabulsi believes they’re at least signaling an open line of communication with a message she interprets as “We are not here with hate.”
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
The sequence begins when visual information enters the eyes and continues as the brain interprets that information until a face is recognized.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
The new chair has made a point of not providing his own economic forecasts or discussing how he interprets the most recent economic data.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 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
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Some interpreted this as a sign that investors were taking Wall Street’s lofty expectations with a grain of salt.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Even slightly interpreted data is of no use to anyone.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
"For these reasons, the 70 percent storage level value must be interpreted flexibly and considered in light of the overall supply situation," the ministry spokeswoman said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
But several Treasury sources took issue with this being interpreted as a promise to do so by the next election.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
He may have interpreted it as evidence of her stubbornness, her willfulness, her utter disregard of all his warnings, and so made a threat which would put a stop to this crazy talk about freedom.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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But experts warn against interpreting the figures as a prediction of the election outcome.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
However, interpreting these discoveries has been complicated by extensive damage and looting.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Severin added that the retired senior judges and leading barristers, who sat on the Commission, have "spent their careers interpreting complicated facts, dealing with witnesses and applying relevant weight to evidence".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
“In the right hands, yes. Given enough time, I could even make a rough attempt at interpreting it myself.”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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