construe

Example Sentences

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By comparison, it is less clear how to construe Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s express but unexplained wish to grant the same petition.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2024

And she offered a master class in how not to construe statutes.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2024

Circuit Court of Appeals, which he said could construe the law differently, or file a fresh lawsuit in state court.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

Prosecutors routinely use it in cases where they can construe harm to the federal government.

From Reuters • Aug. 2, 2023

Mammachi knew this, but preferred to construe Margaret Kochamma’s silence as a tacit acceptance of payment for the favors Mammachi imagined she bestowed on her son.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy