Test officials say the problem could be answered correctly by a simple extrapolation of a well-defined curve.

He must avoid playing Lawrence's "creative imagination false by crude ideas about 'sources,' or simple extrapolations of literature to life."

That tactic was a simple extrapolation from FBI procedure in security cases.

"A matter of simple extrapolation, my lord."

"You could try some simple extrapolation," she suggested, deliberately leaning forward to close the distance he had created.

But obviously it would be ridiculous to infer from this by simple extrapolation that a hundred years from now they'll be as tall as skyscrapers.

A qualitatively distinct realm opens up, with new resources available suddenly, which are not simple extrapolations of what went before.

A simple extrapolation shows that it is still possible to turn around the deficit within two to three years.

"It is a simple extrapolation," said T'Ris, perhaps guessing his question.

Neither scheme rests upon a simple extrapolation from liberal precepts, but should be judged on its merits as a theory of distributive justice.