as in deduction
an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning
that seems like a reasonable inference, but in this case it happens to be incorrect
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Recent Examples of inference
The company added that as artificial intelligence evolves from large-scale model training to agentic AI, which repeatedly performs real-time inference across various service environments, demand for memory is expected to continue growing.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
Enterprise infrastructure planners should take note: agentic AI isn't just an inference problem.
—Maribel Lopez, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2026
There’s this subtle inference of all the real estate development and how that’s its own industry that is ever-expanding and kind of non-stop.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
The result is that some companies are finding their inference costs are soaring.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
Enterprise infrastructure planners should take note: agentic AI isn't just an inference problem.
—Maribel Lopez, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2026
There’s this subtle inference of all the real estate development and how that’s its own industry that is ever-expanding and kind of non-stop.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
The result is that some companies are finding their inference costs are soaring.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inference
Noun
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That’s a result of language in the GOP law that increased the standard deduction, added a $6,000 rebate for qualifying seniors, boosted the child tax deduction, and set new rules for deducting tips, overtime, and car loan payments.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
30 Apr. 2026
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The pass-through credit restores some of the deduction by sending 100 percent of a New York City business tax back to business owners.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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McFarlane’s first interim spell obviously represents far too small a sample to draw any definitive conclusions about his tactical style.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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The 2025 paper comes to the conclusion that the result wouldn’t be great.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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And many of the court’s six conservative justices seemed sympathetic to the Justice Department’s argument that the law bars courts from reviewing those determinations.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The determination means Lane will be the show’s only potential leading performer in this year’s Tony race.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Inference.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inference. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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