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to tell of or describe beforehand
I can't even begin to predict what housing prices will be like 30 years from now
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Recent Examples of predict
Small changes in the double pendulum’s initial conditions lead it to carve out very different trajectories through space, making its behavior hard to predict and understand.
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Quanta Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
Deep learning soon conquered speech recognition, translation, image captioning, board games, and even the problem of predicting how proteins will fold.
—James Somers, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
According to the survey, 55% of businesses predict sales gains in the fourth quarter.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Many predicted that once the $7,500 federal tax credit went away, so would any consumers considering an EV.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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Quanta Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
Deep learning soon conquered speech recognition, translation, image captioning, board games, and even the problem of predicting how proteins will fold.
—James Somers, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
According to the survey, 55% of businesses predict sales gains in the fourth quarter.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Many predicted that once the $7,500 federal tax credit went away, so would any consumers considering an EV.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predict
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That's because every possession demands rapid analysis such as reading the court, predicting opponents’ moves and making split-second decisions, all while maintaining control of the ball.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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The sketch then cut to an indoor security-cam shot of him reading Post-its stuck to the fridge.—
Paula Mejía,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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The institute also launched a wastewater surveillance project, geared at monitoring and anticipating disease trends in communities.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Here’s an example from early on in their epic duel, as Carreras anticipates Ronald Araujo’s pass into Yamal, and is quick to close him down in frame one.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The minute that happened, Farm Bank’s collapse was foretold.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Those are the conclusions of two recent reports about spiraling utility bills, one looking at the past, the other foretelling the future.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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By Saturday, the weather service is forecasting sunny skies and temperatures in the low 60s in the day and around 42 degrees in the evening.—
Kendrick Marshall,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Context The NWS forecast earlier this week that the East Coast would experience moderate to major flooding, with winds expected to raise water levels.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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And some experts even prognosticate a Final Four appearance for Kelsey in Year 2.—
Payton Titus,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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In the midst of the chaos, Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes has offered a brutal prediction as far as Tatum is concerned, prognosticating that the C's will never again win another title with the Duke product as their top option.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Chairwoman Robyn Denholm urged shareholders to support it, warning in a letter Monday that the company risks losing significant value if the deal fails and Musk opts to step down as chief executive.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Officials from the government and air traffic controllers’ union say that flying remains safe, but warn that the longer the shutdown drags on, the more stress these safety-critical employees will be under.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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One of Redford’s last screen roles, which presaged his retirement from acting in 2018, was as the career criminal Forrest Tucker in David Lowery’s The Old Man & the Gun.—
K. Austin Collins,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Local officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning at Philadelphia’s Calder Gardens, the new sanctuary honoring pathbreaking sculptor Alexander Calder, presaging its opening to the public, which is set for September 21.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
15 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Murphy has announced the main cast of the upcoming 13th season of American Horror Story, which will feature Ariana Grande making her debut on the show alongside series regulars such as Evan Peters and Emma Roberts.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Jamaican government announced that a consortium of international organizations, including charities like Mercy Corps and Haiti Air Ambulance, with expertise in disaster relief and recovery, have arrived in the country and are working with the Jamaica Defense Force.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Predict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predict. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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