Thesaurus results for EXTRAPOLATED

extrapolated

verb

past tense of extrapolate

as in derived

to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information we can extrapolate from past economic recessions the probable course of the current one

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Recent Examples of extrapolated The Black unemployment rate is an extraordinarily volatile data point, extrapolated from a relatively small sample of data. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 Demand for Micron’s memory chips can be extrapolated to the demand for AI computing overall. — Zev Fima,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026 The company will select equipment that will allow for pilot data to be extrapolated to industrial scale. — Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 Influencers’ claims about the peptides’ effect on human weight loss, muscle mass, longevity and energy appear to be extrapolated from their effects on lab animals. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 As Greenhalgh wrote, the engineers had stitched together patchy data and extrapolated it to two decimal points with false precision. — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Evidence about ordinary coffee cannot be extrapolated to high-dose caffeine products or energy drinks, which may deliver caffeine rapidly and include other stimulants. — Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 That dynamic, extrapolated across the rising local cost of essential goods, has forced more Miami-Dade families than ever before into economic distress. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026 Senior lawmakers are skeptical that much can be extrapolated nationally from last week's results, where Mamdani successfully pushed a slate of three insurgent candidates. — ABC News, 28 June 2026

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Because the materials used in synthetic fibers are derived from petroleum, those investments helped lay the groundwork for Sunkyong’s later expansion into oil refining.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
Most savings derived from Pace will be realized in fiscal 2029 and 2030, Denon told investors, adding that the full realization of the program will carry over into fiscal 2031.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of derived

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And the latest archaeoacoustic techniques show that even the world’s earliest architects understood this.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
That leaves room for disputes in which both sides agree the job began as at will but disagree about what was understood later.

— William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of understood

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On second thought, that seems like an expensive experiment to undertake with uncertain results, but the folks at Brown-Forman decided to try something similar.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026
At Trâmette, Quang decided to test out the gratuity payment option — but only for guests with whom the staff may have struck a particularly good rapport.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

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