Example sentences for: extrapolated

How can you use “extrapolated” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But if that's true, it cannot be extrapolated that movies continue to get worse as audiences continue to expand . If that were true, movies would be worse today (weekly admissions numbered 27 million in 1997, the last year for which data are available) than they were in 1985 (when weekly admissions numbered 20 million).

  • (For a primer on "margin of error" and "degree of confidence," see this Slate ".") But the results of an online "poll" in which thousands or even millions of users participate cannot be extrapolated to anything, because those results tell you only about the opinions of those who participated.

  • The appeals court rapped the agency for its scare tactics, saying it must base its conclusions "on solid facts and a realistic appraisal of the danger rather than on vague fears extrapolated beyond any foreseeable threat."

  • If these results could be extrapolated to in vivo conditions they suggest that gamma-tocopherol is selectively taken up by cells and removed from plasma more rapidly than alpha-tocopherol.

  • Every morning, Nielsen compiles the "overnights "--the ratings, shares, and demos for the previous night's programs, extrapolated from results sent in by the People Meters wired to 5,000 TV sets.


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