as in prediction
a declaration that something will happen in the future
the securities analyst's prognosis for the stock market in the new year
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Recent Examples of prognosis
Not even the grim medical prognosis for 70-year-old David Mays, one of the founding members of the coffee klatch.
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Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
This system helps healthcare providers make treatment decisions and discuss prognosis (likely outcome).
—Marla Anderson, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
Her health care providers delivered grim updates on her prognosis.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2025
Although the prognosis is good, Roy said her dog will take several weeks to fully heal and will need multiple veterinary visits.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
This system helps healthcare providers make treatment decisions and discuss prognosis (likely outcome).
—Marla Anderson, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
Her health care providers delivered grim updates on her prognosis.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2025
Although the prognosis is good, Roy said her dog will take several weeks to fully heal and will need multiple veterinary visits.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prognosis
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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.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
2 Aug. 2025
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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
Noun
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This will continue to keep smoke and haze in the forecast for the next several days.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The northern lights will be active on Monday, July 14 and Tuesday, July 15 from select parts of the United States, according to NOAA's forecast.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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First, the prophecies have a very short time horizon—somewhere between two seconds and one minute.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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Social media is abuzz with Tatsuki's prophecy of a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami wrecking her home country of Japan -- a place prone to natural disasters but also a top destination for many in Asia -- sometime between July 5 and 7.—
Britt Clennett,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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“Prognosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prognosis. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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