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A conclusion reached from evidence or reasoning rather than stated directly.

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inference

Her inference about the ending came from several clues in the opening scene.
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Back at the newsroom, the journalist's analysis compared the message times, entrance log, and two witnesses' accounts. She marked one inference carefully: because the driver asked for entry, he probably did not have a working access code.
From What the Evidence Supports.
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