deduce

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This gives scientists a brief chance to measure how the more stable elements decay, then deduce the properties of the original particle.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

As one might deduce, “Young Sherlock” is fun enough, though for reasons visual rather than strictly narrative.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

The host was primed, based on his own observations, to deduce that something highly suspicious was going on.

From Slate • Nov. 12, 2025

For now, until the Spring Statement next week, we can deduce that there are around a million people who will lose their entire £70 a week or £3,500 a year payment.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

From them, it should be possible to derive a complete system of knowledge embracing every aspect of the natural world, just as one can deduce the whole of Euclidean geometry from five axioms.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton