predictive
adjective
pre·dic·tive
pri-ˈdik-tiv 
1
: of, relating to, or usable or valuable for prediction
predictive medical factors
2
: based on or generated by using methods of prediction
predictive models
predictive text
Usually predictive policing refers to feeding reams of city data into a computer and dispatching extra officers to areas that are deemed to be at high risk of future crime.—
Leon Neyfakh
Leon Neyfakh
predictively
adverb
Like an astrological chart, it can be made to fit any case, and it works better retrospectively than predictively.
—Carol Tavris
Carol Tavris
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unfortunately, the stock market crash of 1929 turned out to be a predictive event, for the next decade was consumed by the Great Depression
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Key demonstrations include the ″Network Digital Twin″ powered by Spanner Graph and BigQuery, which allows operators like MasOrange and Deutsche Telekom to use autonomous agents for real-time root-cause analysis and predictive network self-healing.
—Matthew Chin, CNBC, 19 May 2026
And yet, as much as genAI's unreliability demands predictive AI, predictive AI projects are all too easy to mess up.
—Eric Siegel, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
By introducing features like an intuitive audio mixer, mandatory predictive navigation, and battery-bypassing stationary power, Google can address some of my biggest daily frictions.
—Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 16 May 2026
Waithaka proposed lightweight, adaptive AI/machine learning models capable of delivering predictive, reliable communication performance even under tight resource constraints.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 May 2026
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Matthew Chin, CNBC, 19 May 2026
And yet, as much as genAI's unreliability demands predictive AI, predictive AI projects are all too easy to mess up.
—Eric Siegel, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
By introducing features like an intuitive audio mixer, mandatory predictive navigation, and battery-bypassing stationary power, Google can address some of my biggest daily frictions.
—Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 16 May 2026
Waithaka proposed lightweight, adaptive AI/machine learning models capable of delivering predictive, reliable communication performance even under tight resource constraints.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 May 2026
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“Predictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predictive. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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