as in predicting
a declaration that something will happen in the future
we were all amazed when the fortune-teller's predictions turned out to be true
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Recent Examples of prediction
But once sinking below an optimal altitude of about 185 miles (300 kilometers) above Earth, Swift is likely to reenter our planet’s atmosphere this fall, according to NASA’s predictions.
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
3 July 2026
Already, researchers have built prediction models that outperform goalies at identifying the direction of penalty kicks.
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Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
3 July 2026
That prediction stems in part from his expectation that technology companies will crank up their prices as their products become more essential to companies like Allianz.
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
3 July 2026
First, ignore my colleague’s predictions, which all have Argentina netting three or four goals to Cape Verde’s zero.
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Alex Connor,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
3 July 2026
Already, researchers have built prediction models that outperform goalies at identifying the direction of penalty kicks.
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Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
3 July 2026
That prediction stems in part from his expectation that technology companies will crank up their prices as their products become more essential to companies like Allianz.
—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
3 July 2026
First, ignore my colleague’s predictions, which all have Argentina netting three or four goals to Cape Verde’s zero.
—
Alex Connor,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prediction
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With the 2025 college football season on the horizon, months of previewing and predicting soon will be in the rearview mirror.
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When temperatures soar and rain is absent from the forecast, your fruit trees may suffer from excessive water loss, sunburn on the leaves, and stunted growth, all of which can disrupt the likelihood of future harvests.
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The forecast is for sweltering temperatures and a possibility of rain.
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The National Weather Service issued an extreme-heat watch at the Grand Canyon for midday Monday through Tuesday, forecasting temperatures that could exceed 110 degrees at the low-elevation Phantom Ranch.
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Preparing for what comes after AGI, the authors write, will take forecasting and benchmarking and continuous monitoring, plus the ability to turn that work into policy quickly, across labs and governments and the research community at the same time.
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At a certain level of writing, you may be visited by prophecy, as happened there.
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Robert Shiller, a Nobel economist, worries that that panic could become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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“Prediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prediction. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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