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deducing

verb

present participle of deduce

as in deriving

to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information I can deduce from the simple observation of your behavior that you're trying to hide something from me

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Recent Examples of deducing Both these properties are important tools for deducing the age and origin of the comet. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026 The ending unfolds in a broadly similar way in both versions, with Bundle deducing that Loraine killed Gerry. — Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 15 Jan. 2026 Malcolm doesn’t take the rejection personally, deducing that Ellen is still grieving. — Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025 Raman spectroscopy involves shining a single color of light on a material and, by measuring how the light interacts with the material, deducing information on the material’s composition and properties. — IEEE Spectrum, 3 May 2016

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There is just enough wry humor—think Shaun of the Dead—sprinkled throughout to keep things from getting too grim, often deriving from Bryan’s cluelessness and general lack of skills.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
The Chiefs finished dead last in the NFL with 362 yards deriving from explosive rushes last season.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

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During that period and beyond, Hawthorne kept a series of notebooks, which scholars see as an important primary source for understanding the ideas and descriptions that informed his early writings and later novels.

— Robert S. Levine, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
The science writer Ann Finkbender wrote a charming essay about understanding this principle of life in Last Word on Nothing.

— Shayla Love, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026

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Moghadam also said that Tehran would study the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement that includes Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey before deciding whether to support it, describing it as a potential instrument for unity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Florida voters are deciding whether to pass a constitutional amendment that would lower property taxes for some — but not all — homeowners by raising the state’s homestead tax exemption.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026

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