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Earlier studies had interpreted the marks as evidence of wormlike creatures or other tiny marine animals moving through seafloor sediment during the Ediacaran period, which came just before the Cambrian explosion.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

President Joe Biden’s administration urged the justices in May to reject the case and argued that the Federal Circuit had interpreted the law correctly.

From Reuters • Jun. 26, 2023

But by the early 20th century, federal courts had interpreted the Comstock Act to apply only when the sender intended a drug to be used unlawfully.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2023

Because doctors had interpreted the 2016 dosing limits narrowly, some had worked up one-strike policies and were summarily ejecting such patients.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022

How truly her mother had interpreted its meaning!

From Stories of the Nibelungen for Young People by Various