That data extrapolates to an 81% growth in 2013-12 versus a 64% growth in 2012-11.

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One polls thousands of businesses concerning their payrolls and extrapolates national numbers from that data.

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From them, depending on the degree of correlation, the software extrapolates about you.

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While Velculescu stresses that he only looked at a sliver of the genome, he extrapolates that there must be a minimum of 70, 000 genes.

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My beef with it had more to do with how it extrapolates from the situation of the technology industry itself to say that customers shouldn't care about IT.

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So while he teaches how to grill whole trout stuffed with a mustard dill sauce, he extrapolates how to make the same dish with Mexican or Asian flair.

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The Register's Lew Page further extrapolates that could mean that a group of undercover operatives or special-forces troops would be able to be dispersed near a target and hone in on a particular cellphone, or other electronic device for that matter, and then proceed to track it with no one the wiser.

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