interpretation
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Part of the reason is that so many decisions are subjective and open to interpretation.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
But even if Hegel’s interpretation would have seemed off the mark to him, Antigone and Creon are too complex to reduce to a schematic argument.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
In their interpretation, an effect produced by the quantum vacuum should not vary from one direction to another.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
The 25th anniversary of 9/11 is especially interesting to me because it marks a moment when an event once experienced as immediate and world-changing is increasingly being carried forward through memory, ritual and interpretation.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Don’t blow yourself up,” Mom said, with a look that defied interpretation.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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Both interpretations will soon face a much larger observational test.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
The sanitised history has left space for romanticised interpretations among youths frustrated by long working hours and intense competition in education and the job market.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
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
Mainstream culture’s relatively lower esteem for the Green Lantern is absolutely related to cartoonish interpretations of his power in live-action depictions.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
On the other hand, Adams possessed a congenital affinity for deconstructed interpretations of history, of his own life, indeed of practically everything.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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