inferential

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All of this effectively forced the prosecution to build an inferential case against Mr. Tarrio and the other four defendants, three of whom were also leaders of the group.

From New York Times

It is worth noting that, although inferential analyses offer a deeper look at cancer than do descriptive studies, their results are also associated with a higher degree of uncertainty.

From Nature

In my December testimony to the House Judiciary Committee, I raised objections to the House rushing the impeachment forward on an incomplete and inferential case.

From Washington Post

These inferential analyses indicated that the vast majority of cancers had spread when the primary tumour comprised barely 100,000 cells — too small to detect using standard diagnostic methods such as colonoscopy.

From Nature

It’s not hard to draw the next inferential step from that.

From The New Yorker