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Journalists have begun making predictions about the winner of the coming election.
Despite predictions that the store would fail, it has done very well.
The figures and statistics are used for the prediction of future economic trends.
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During his conference, Goodell offered his prediction that the NFL will one day have a franchise based full-time in an international city, and that if that took place, eventually, the league would host an international Super Bowl.
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Mike Jones, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
Super Bowl 59 predictions:Who will win the Super Bowl 2025?
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
So, Phil’s prediction of six more weeks of winter is a bad bet in a warming world.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
Phil's actual prediction, however, takes place ahead of time in a place called Gobbler's Knob, a small hill just outside of the town, and has done so each year since 1887.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2025
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Mike Jones, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
Super Bowl 59 predictions:Who will win the Super Bowl 2025?
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
So, Phil’s prediction of six more weeks of winter is a bad bet in a warming world.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
Phil's actual prediction, however, takes place ahead of time in a place called Gobbler's Knob, a small hill just outside of the town, and has done so each year since 1887.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Prediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prediction. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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prediction
noun
pre·dic·tion
pri-ˈdik-shən 
1
: an act of predicting
2
: something predicted : forecast
a prediction that there would be an earthquake
predictive
adjective
-ˈdik-tiv
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