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interpretation

[in-tur-pri-tey-shuhn] / ɪnˌtɜr prɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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He might have been treated for something else, said Ames, were it not for an AI interpretation of Busch’s electrocardiogram that suggested a 98% probability of cardiac amyloidosis, a rare, serious heart disease.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

If that interpretation is correct, the outcome of 1066 may have depended not only on what happened on the battlefield at Hastings, but also on political and religious decisions made in Rome.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

I would focus on my own interpretation of what she was thinking.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

"He was signing his music but it was much more than interpretation of the music," she recalls.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

But testing products or ideas that are truly revolutionary is another matter, and the most successful companies are those that understand that in those cases, the first impressions of their consumers need interpretation.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

If we think of an artwork as an intentional, carefully wrought creation that comes directly from an artist, what are we to make of these incomplete, unfaithful interpretations?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

It fell apart within a week, predictably, as the two sides acted on conflicting interpretations of its central provisions.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Many of us appreciate artistic execution that leaves plenty of openings for wild interpretations.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

The parties agreed, seeing the language as necessary to close the deal but figuring they could assert their interpretations afterward, the mediators said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

But these state-based deliberations quite naturally tended to focus on local or regional interpretations of the Constitution’s rather elliptical handling of the forbidden subject.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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