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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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Lucas Persona, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
But attendance appeared to fall far short of early predictions that as many as 200,000 people would attend the festival and parade.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
Here’s a prediction nobody can be salty about: This will be a great camp battle.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 14 June 2025
The Wall Street brokerage also boosted its 2025 U.S. GDP growth prediction to 1.25% from its prior forecast of 1% on a quarterly basis.
—Siddarth S, USA Today, 13 June 2025
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Lucas Persona, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
But attendance appeared to fall far short of early predictions that as many as 200,000 people would attend the festival and parade.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
Here’s a prediction nobody can be salty about: This will be a great camp battle.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 14 June 2025
The Wall Street brokerage also boosted its 2025 U.S. GDP growth prediction to 1.25% from its prior forecast of 1% on a quarterly basis.
—Siddarth S, USA Today, 13 June 2025
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“Prediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prediction. Accessed 19 Jun. 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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