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Six example sentences with interpret, each labelled with its topic.
Musicologists still interpret the coded initials in the manuscript margins as the composer's private joke about his rival.
Music
The wiki tries to interpret the runes on the temple door, and three rival readings each unlock a different ending.
Gaming
Geologists interpret the thin ash layer as the record of an eruption that darkened skies across two continents.
Science
Courts interpret the clause narrowly, holding that a signed receipt is not the same as a written contract.
Law
Curators interpret the empty chair in the painting as a symbol of mourning, though the artist never said so.
Art
Anxious people tend to interpret a neutral face as hostile, a bias that the study measured in milliseconds.
Psychology
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