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are extrapolating

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That’s as they worry “markets are extrapolating near-term trends — including profits fueled by the investment boom itself — too far into the future.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

The learned media folk, however, are extrapolating how many people could tune in to witness the nominees in action on Monday night.

From Washington Times Sep. 21, 2016

Business analysts who predict mass growth of VR are extrapolating from adoption trends of personal computers and videogame consoles, but those are fundamentally different products.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2016

People are extrapolating the technological advances they see coming to a static version of tomorrow’s economy, failing to imagine the possibility that those advances could create all manner of new and different opportunities and jobs.

From Forbes May 11, 2015

Some of the wagers went south and he was fired, although not before telling his boss, “You are extrapolating beyond good data.”

From New York Times Feb. 11, 2012