as in prophetic
being a sign of a later course of events
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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Recent Examples of predictive
Footwear News interviewed Daniela Orduña, divisional merchandise director at Coppel, and Viki Zabala, chief strategy and growth officer at First Insight, to get their perspective on using predictive AI in footwear merchandising.
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Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 10 June 2026
Additionally, in the new study, speech and executive functioning scores were not predictive of participants’ scores on the MoCA test.
—Laura Bradley, Health, 9 June 2026
Namdeo developed a predictive analytics platform that consolidated that workflow.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 9 June 2026
The sophomore outfielder has come to grips with the fact that his previous efforts at the plate do not particularly hold predictive powers.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
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Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 10 June 2026
Additionally, in the new study, speech and executive functioning scores were not predictive of participants’ scores on the MoCA test.
—Laura Bradley, Health, 9 June 2026
Namdeo developed a predictive analytics platform that consolidated that workflow.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 9 June 2026
The sophomore outfielder has come to grips with the fact that his previous efforts at the plate do not particularly hold predictive powers.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predictive
Adjective
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As the rest of Rush’s Fifty Something Tour kickoff Sunday at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum demonstrated, that particular Neil Peart lyric — along with many others — was prophetic.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2026
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Here again, Lonergan proves remarkably prophetic.—
William E. Lori,
Baltimore Sun,
25 May 2026
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Firth is chilling, pushing his stern, fiercely intelligent demeanor in increasingly sinister directions and bringing nuance and gravity to the lengths Scanlon will go to fulfill his mandate, whatever the cost.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
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The supernatural psychological horror, written and helmed by Aster, follows a family rocked by grief, who begins to experience sinister and inexplicable occurrences.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
8 June 2026
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“Predictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predictive. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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