adjective
relating to or involving abduction, a method of reasoning in which one chooses the most likely explanation from the facts available
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The scientist used abductive reasoning to form a hypothesis based on the available evidence.
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She's really good at abductive reasoning, always figuring things out before anyone else.
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I don't know how she does it, but she's like the queen of abductive thinking.
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His abductive approach to problem-solving was like connecting the dots in a complex puzzle.