interpretation
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Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
Last week, Warner Bros. released a clip featuring an official preview of Gaga's voice as Harley Quinn, which starkly contrasted other actresses' interpretations of the character in both TV and film projects.
—EW.com, 9 Apr. 2024
That, to me, is indicative of the fact that there are efforts to try to find ways in which there can be some kind of interpretation of these laws that will not implicate assistance to Israel.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
This is a crabbed and mendacious interpretation of the law.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
More than a century has passed since a total solar eclipse was visible from Arkansas, so many people in the state are going all out, said Kelly Farrell, chief of interpretation and program services at Arkansas State Parks.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Well, right now, that’s somewhat a matter of interpretation.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2024
What some might see as a stark contrast from the views of his activist father, Hill sees as a more honest interpretation of the aims of the 1960s movement.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024
The Mexican architect Luis Barragán commissioned several versions; Albers, also enchanted with Mexican aesthetics, produced an interpretation of his own.
—Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
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14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Interpretation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interpretation. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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