Examples of prediction in a Sentence
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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Bobby Fraser, head of regulatory affairs and policy, at United Airlines, played down that airline’s earlier predictions of air-taxi service using Archer Aviation’s electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft in New York’s crowded airspace.
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PC Magazine, 2 Aug. 2025
And the light left over from the Big Bang shows wonky anomalies that don’t necessarily line up with the standard model’s predictions.
—Sarah Scoles, JSTOR Daily, 31 July 2025
Understanding these processes is key to improving predictions of Greenland’s contribution to future sea-level rise, the researchers said.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 31 July 2025
And as a result, this trade prediction is one that could well become a reality in the very near future.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
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PC Magazine, 2 Aug. 2025
And the light left over from the Big Bang shows wonky anomalies that don’t necessarily line up with the standard model’s predictions.
—Sarah Scoles, JSTOR Daily, 31 July 2025
Understanding these processes is key to improving predictions of Greenland’s contribution to future sea-level rise, the researchers said.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 31 July 2025
And as a result, this trade prediction is one that could well become a reality in the very near future.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
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“Prediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prediction. Accessed 6 Aug. 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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