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are interpreting

  • present progressive
    of interpret.
    interpret
    verb (used with object)
    to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate.

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“We are interpreting the flows in August as clients seeking to add duration once yields hit historic highs,” a BlackRock spokesperson said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

Some are interpreting the task forces as a dodge, but that’s a mistake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

And third, at the international level, it’s still unclear how other major powers are interpreting this—whether they oppose it or see an opportunity.

From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2026

Some senior government figures are interpreting this as the prime minister wanting to take a bigger personal role in the discussions in the run-up to the Budget.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025

After all, the above-discussed ambiguity of plan-forgetting exists only so long as we have not attempted an analysis of the case, and are interpreting it only on the basis of our general suppositions.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud