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Six example sentences with extrapolate, each labelled with its topic.
From three fossil teeth the team extrapolated a body mass, then admitted the range covered everything from pony to elephant.
Science
Analysts extrapolate one strong quarter into a decade of growth, which is how bubbles get their confident charts.
Finance
Modellers extrapolate from forty years of buoy readings to say what the harbour will look like in 2090.
Environment
Scouts extrapolate from twenty college games to a whole professional career, which is why so many first round picks disappoint.
Basketball
The founders extrapolated three weeks of signups into a million users by Christmas, and the investors nearly believed them.
Startups
Economists extrapolate this year's birth rate to guess how many workers will be paying into pensions in 2060.
Economics
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- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Magoosh GRE 1000Recognized
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE WordsRecognized
- PrepScholar 357 GRE WordsRecognized
- GregMat 960 GRE WordsRecognized
- MajorTests SAT 1000Recognized
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