infer

Example Sentences

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The judge would have to infer guilt from the fact that stories contained private information, and, he claimed, Mail journalists had a "propensity" to use unlawful methods.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Until now, researchers studying this system relied largely on biochemical experiments and computer modeling to infer how the mechanism worked.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Any reasonable person can infer that these transactions are bribes.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

But neither company has experience in selling to enterprises, and we can infer from some of their statements that it’s slower going than they’d like.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

From the configurations of food my mother set out, we kids had to infer the holidays.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston