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“We’re trying to be very sensitive to how people will interpret the themes and designs of the coins,” said Dennis Tucker, who worked on the project before leaving the coin advisory panel last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Some in the business community will interpret this as possibly heralding another higher-than-inflation rise in the national living wage, which also tends to push up other salaries in a firm's wage structure.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

Should Powell refer to such terms as “inflation persistence,” “premature easing” or “financial conditions too loose,” markets will interpret it as the message that rate cuts are not on the horizon anytime soon.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

It’s hard to think about how other people will interpret them and how they might judge us.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2024

“You want to talk to our big father? I will interpret for you,” Emeka offered.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie