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Interpreted this way, the Einstein–Rosen bridge acts as a mirror in spacetime: a connection between two microscopic arrows of time.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Interpreted charitably, the moves Licht made during his 13 months as CEO were meant to right what many had deemed a sinking ship.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2023

Interpreted for her aunts when they went into labor and needed to understand what the gringa nurses were saying at the hospital.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2016

Interpreted a different way, these face-saving tragic turns could well be performed as farce: so ridiculous are the extremes the characters turn to in the name of propriety that they cease to be proper.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2013

This feast is named the Carnival, which being Interpreted, implies "farewell to flesh:" So called, because the name and thing agreeing, Through Lent they live on fish both salt and fresh.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley