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
Is there a song in your mind that’s too sacred to sample or interpolate?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
“Her outstanding skill is an ability to interpolate amusing, semi-improvised commentary within songs, in a variety of musical styles, that turns them into personal testimony,” he wrote in 1987.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
Zhang said that one of the hallmarks of the study is the optimization process that helps the researchers interpolate the distribution and geometries of the two different polymer materials needed.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023
"So you believe . . ." the examining-magistrate ventured to interpolate.
From 813 by Maurice Leblanc
He frequently interpolates lyrics from other rappers, quoting artists like J Hus and Skepta.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
“Killah” interpolates a lick from Bowie’s “Fame”; “Perfect Celebrity” nods to NIN’s industrial funk; “Zombieboy” evokes the fizzy Champagne high that Chic figured out how to bottle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 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
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 Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
"He stated-be sure now!-to you, that he purchased them of one Silenus, a trader?" interpolates the judge, raising his glasses, and advancing his ear, with his hand raised at its side.
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
Additional Vivaldi arias and ensembles are deftly interpolated among the scrambled “Seasons” movements, their words a combination of Ms. Ruhl’s new English texts and the original Italian and Latin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
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
The following year, Kendrick Lamar interpolated and reinterpreted Suga Free on his lauded “To Pimp a Butterfly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Cureton supported his view by his Vindiciae Ignatianae and his Corpus Ignatianum,—a Complete Collection of the Ignatian Epistles, genuine, interpolated and spurious.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
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
It was the perfect recipe for virality: one part cute kid plus one part delicious food, with a healthy sprinkling of catchy sound bites, perfect for interpolating.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
But amongst his other sins with regard to Luke's Gospel, Marcion is also accused of interpolating it.
From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels
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