extrapolate
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We therefore should resist the temptation to extrapolate the blazingly fast earnings growth of recent quarters into the indefinite future.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
I’ve done that for over 14 years at that point when I started doing crowd work stuff, where it’s just a fun way to extrapolate on an idea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
"If you extrapolate back, then perhaps the first ones were soft-bodied creatures with entirely organic skeletons and no minerals at all," Xiao said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2026
Mr Justice Nicklin started to ask what the best single piece of evidence for each article was, and Sherborne was forced to say: "We are asking your lordship to extrapolate."
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
Then, after all your manipulations are complete, you take the limit: you extrapolate and figure out where the expression is headed.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Ms. Snider’s libretto fictionalizes and extrapolates from the historical record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
Other data extrapolates from animal experiments or cases in which people have undergone brain damage to infer what is happening in functional brain regions.
From Salon ● May 7, 2025
Instead, he extrapolates non-human data to people, using in vitro studies, or in vivo studies on non-human animals, to make prescriptive recommendations for lifestyle changes.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2024
The U-M system takes GPS data from a percentage of vehicles on the road and extrapolates traffic patterns.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
It extrapolates from current events to remind us of the ever-growing threats to liberty.
From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Influencers’ claims about the peptides’ effect on human weight loss, muscle mass, longevity and energy appear to be extrapolated from their effects on lab animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The figures are based on a representative sample of 550 forecourts, comparing the five months prior to the outbreak with the five months after it started, and extrapolated to the UK's 8,359 forecourts.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Augustin cited research that documented a pattern in which chatbots rephrased and extrapolated what people shared, and told them they’re unique and that their thoughts have great implications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
But the stock market has “taken this demand and extrapolated it into the future,” with chip and memory stocks adding $7.8 trillion in market cap this year.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
His head is full of statistics, facts and figures extrapolated into thousands of different combinations and comparisons.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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That’s as they worry “markets are extrapolating near-term trends — including profits fueled by the investment boom itself — too far into the future.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
I remember thinking that wealth is a great barrier to harm and then feeling silly for extrapolating my own experience once again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
No matter the reading, investors should be careful about extrapolating March’s trend into the coming months.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
Analysts calculate a $9.7 billion worst-case scenario, extrapolating the $20 million verdict to all 20,000 potential plaintiffs, based on historic average settlement rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
I was no longer extrapolating; I was looping it through the core, freely talking about my life, suddenly breaching the confidences of my father and my mother and my wife.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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