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deduced

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past tense of deduce

as in derived

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 deduced The pressure drop was deduced from the light curves, which show how the star's brightness changed with time during an occultation. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026 No blueprints or detailed descriptions of either ship survive, but historians have deduced much about them from tax records and logbooks. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026 The website Deuxmoi apparently has deduced that the dog’s name is Wendy. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026 And both the electromagnetic force and the weak nuclear force can be deduced using a standard technique. — Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 29 July 2026 In other words, there’s not much to be deduced here, unlike the extensive notes which accompanied the release of AirPods Pro 3 last fall. — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026 While Nike itself has yet to elaborate much on the changes made from the typical Air Force 1 ’07 that’s been the model’s standard for a decade-plus, much can be deduced from the images alone. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 18 June 2026 Eagle-eyed TikTokers quickly deduced that Franco's new account is only following two others — the official account for an upcoming film titled Love Meets in the Sunshine and Christian Guiton, the film's director. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026 Our blind taste test deduced which flavored fizzes bubbled up to the top. — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 15 May 2026

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History and discovery Buprenorphine is derived from thebaine, an alkaloid that occurs naturally in the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
The Minneapolis company has shifted to fruit- and vegetable-based dyes as well as colors derived from spices like turmeric and paprika to give its cereals their customary bright colors.

— Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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Leading the way in court There are dozens of cases across the country surrounding the legal status of prediction sites, and experts believe the matter will eventually be decided by the Supreme Court.

— Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
For decades, an attacker discovered a vulnerability, a security tool generated an alert, an analyst investigated it, the issue was escalated and eventually someone decided what to do.

— Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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