Example Sentences

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But if you worry that your therapist is judging you, that your therapist is doodling out of boredom, that your therapist is extrapolating an Oedipal complex from an offhand comment about your mom—relax.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2022

Tesla indicated that Elon is extrapolating on the rates of improvement when speaking about L5 capabilities.

From The Verge • May 7, 2021

The complicated part, when it comes to REDD+, is extrapolating samples like this over larger areas and time.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2015

“On Mars, and on every other planet, all we're doing is extrapolating, for better or for worse, with a fudge factor.”

From Nature • Jul. 25, 2012