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Recent Examples of imputation
Multiple imputation became the go-to technique in medicine.
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Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
According to reports from the BLS, around 50% of the CPI data is based on imputations, meaning that roughly half of the information used to calculate the Consumer Price Index is estimated, not direct measures of prices; interest rates (important credit prices) are not directly included.
—William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
But as college campuses have been roiled by pro-Palestinian protests and accusations of antisemitism in recent months, Ressa has now been accused by a Republican congresswoman and prominent Harvard alum of being antisemitic—an imputation that Ressa categorically denied to TIME on Monday.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 6 May 2024
Much will depend on the imputations that drive the PCE index (e.g. housing expense, rent etc.).
—William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
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Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
According to reports from the BLS, around 50% of the CPI data is based on imputations, meaning that roughly half of the information used to calculate the Consumer Price Index is estimated, not direct measures of prices; interest rates (important credit prices) are not directly included.
—William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
But as college campuses have been roiled by pro-Palestinian protests and accusations of antisemitism in recent months, Ressa has now been accused by a Republican congresswoman and prominent Harvard alum of being antisemitic—an imputation that Ressa categorically denied to TIME on Monday.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 6 May 2024
Much will depend on the imputations that drive the PCE index (e.g. housing expense, rent etc.).
—William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imputation
Noun
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Van Hollen said the insinuations about the margarita glasses don't hold up under scrutiny.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
19 Apr. 2025
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This insinuation, which comes early in the series, leaving its suggestion in the air for the remainder, has no basis in fact and sticks out in a series rooted in actual events.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Since her husband’s victory, Stoll has been the subject of gossip, innuendo, and outright hate in the media and online.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
17 Apr. 2025
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What makes the experience of grinding through all 900-plus pages is the way the author weaves together rumor, history, innuendo, mystery, outrage, heartache and ecstasy.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Lipstadt became famous—and was later portrayed onscreen by Rachel Weisz—for winning a judgment in a British court against the Holocaust denier David Irving, who had sued her for libel.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
22 Apr. 2025
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In February 2022, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff rejected Palin's claims in a ruling issued while a jury deliberated, saying Palin had failed to show that the Times had acted out of malice, something required in libel lawsuits involving public figures.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Imputation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imputation. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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