Example Sentences

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Note: Tracks for ships that lose signals are interpolated and may disappear or appear over land.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Many hits will be played in full, some will be interpolated into other songs, and still more will be used as "bridges" between acts.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2023

But because I can’t express things without some degree of humor, I interpolated Jimi Hendrix’s cover of the national anthem with “La Cucaracha.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2023

It was “Rapper’s Delight,” which interpolated Chic’s hit “Good Times.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2023

You have erased the word formation and interpolated the word expression.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green