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Interpreted this way, the Einstein–Rosen bridge acts as a mirror in spacetime: a connection between two microscopic arrows of time.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Interpreted charitably, the moves Licht made during his 13 months as CEO were meant to right what many had deemed a sinking ship.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2023

Interpreted for her aunts when they went into labor and needed to understand what the gringa nurses were saying at the hospital.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2016

Interpreted this way, the statute would not contemplate a countywide recount for the purpose of reviewing ballots for which the machines, operating as designed, failed to detect a vote.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2015

Interpreted freely, this means, in addition to the truth of the owl's wise assertion, that you have gathered all the ingredients of a calamity, but you don't know it.

From Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]