interpolated

verb

Definition of interpolatednext
past tense of interpolate
as in inserted
to put among or between others interpolated a new paragraph into the online encyclopedia article

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Recent Examples of interpolated Part of Ayers’s respect in the hip-hop community is derived from his willingness to work with the artists who’ve sampled and interpolated him. — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025 The song has been sampled or interpolated over 150 times, according to Whosampled. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2025 The figure below shows the long-term oil demand from the IEA’s World Energy Outlook volumes from 2019 to 2024 (data is interpolated). — Michael Lynch, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024

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