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extrapolate

vb. to estimate an unknown (future) value by projecting from known (past) values (in TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS). This involves predicting a value for the
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Extrapolating, that means today's upstarts like DeRemate.com and Submarino.com will be tomorrow's Latin eBays and Amazon.coms.
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Extrapolating this situation to the larger world of the digital library raises concerns about how productively students might use this world for learning.
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Schlereth is a master at extrapolating from objects those questions that inevitably inform our understanding of larger historical processes.
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