interpolate
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To get around that issue, the BEA said that it will average September and November numbers to interpolate the October missing data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
This ability to interpolate also leads to highly accurate scene reconstructions when combined with multibounce lidar, Klinghoffer says.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024
As Swain explained, “we don’t have thermometers covering every square inch of the Earth,” so scientific groups use computer models to interpolate between data points, generating what is called a reanalysis.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2023
Drake also opted to interpolate the song for 2021’s “Way 2 Sexy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
He was also told to interpolate the series with a 'blank', that is, to think of nothing at all.
From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Oskar Pfungst
Entitled Alter Ego, it includes singles Moonlit Floor, which interpolates Sixpence None the Richer's classic track Kiss Me, as well as New Woman featuring Spanish star Rosalía, and hip hop track Rockstar.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2025
He says that when he dropped the fiery “Dientes” in September, the ‘00s club-inspired Latino urbano track which interpolates Usher’s “Yeah!,” his fans were expecting reggaeton - his “original sound,” as he puts it.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Travitz appreciates that the band covers songs and interpolates snippets of others into its tunes.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
And any record nerd has to smile at “Everything He Needs,” which interpolates the chorus of one of Harry Nilsson’s tunes for Olive Oyl from Robert Altman’s 1980 “Popeye” movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2019
"At making a blithering idiot of myself," interpolates Beauvayse.
From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan
Note: 12-month moving average unemployment rate for age 16+, all education levels, compared with each group's unemployment history since 2003; October 2025 interpolated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Olsen: The song itself is interpolated in the score during the movie, and there’s even a sequence of credit created using home video footage from some of the cast and crew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
Many hits will be played in full, some will be interpolated into other songs, and still more will be used as "bridges" between acts.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2023
It was “Rapper’s Delight,” which interpolated Chic’s hit “Good Times.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
And if its plain provisions shall now be disregarded, and these new doctrines interpolated in it, it will become as feeble and helpless a being as enemies, whether early or more recent, could possibly desire.
From The Crisis of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One In The Government of The United States. Its Cause, and How it Should be Met by A. D. Steight
Set to a throbbing synth bassline, the song teases fans by interpolating a line from her 1980s classic Into The Groove: "Out here on the dance floor, I feel so free."
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
“Old Dog” is a tribute to Mr. Cole’s home state, featuring rapper Petey Pablo interpolating his 2001 North Carolina anthem “Raise Up.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Online, he has a reputation for interpolating corporate PR with nerdy puns and — in his words — “dank” memes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023
BRELAND’s debut full-length album “Cross Country” builds on that history, interpolating and sampling older songs and bringing in his background in gospel, R&B and hip-hop under the expansive umbrella of country music.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
Pulci availed himself freely of his popular models, at times repeating the old stanzas with no alteration, but oftener rehandling them and adding to their comic spirit, and interpolating passages of his own invention.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
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