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Extrapolating backward in time, Lemaître proposed the idea of a primeval atom: a singularity from which the universe emerged in a uniquely hot, dense state.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Extrapolating out Teradyne’s fourth-quarter profit performance and first-quarter guidance gets to an annualized run rate of about $8 in adjusted earnings per share, he said.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 2, 2026

Extrapolating these findings to the 8.7 million IRA investors nationwide who are required to take RMDs, Vanguard estimates that 585,000 individuals would owe aggregate tax penalties ranging from $678 million to $1.7 billion each year.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Extrapolating across the country, that equates to roughly 29 million households.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024

Extrapolating Russian history, it would be reasonable to expect a backlash in the form of a counterrevolution.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel