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predicting

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verb

present participle of predict

predicting

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of predicting
Verb
With the 2025 college football season on the horizon, months of previewing and predicting soon will be in the rearview mirror. Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Robert and Michelle King are known for predicting the future. Scarlett Harris, Time, 13 Oct. 2025 Even with the benefit of polling data and insights from primaries and historical trends, predicting the winners of traditional political elections is difficult. Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025 So be careful about predicting anything. Jayson Stark, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 The problem is, different factors drive weather and climate near the equator than in the middle latitudes – meaning that these weather forecast models are much less accurate at predicting weather in the tropics. Emily Kwong, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025 The breakthrough could help create smaller, portable clocks capable of detecting dark matter, predicting earthquakes, and testing the laws of physics. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025 Tropical Storm Jerry continues to spin in the Atlantic Ocean, with forecasters predicting further strengthening that could see the storm become a hurricane in the next couple of days. Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025 High geopolitical volatility makes predicting the market’s future even more difficult than usual, a Reuters columnist argued. Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025 Looking ahead, Bassetti wants to grow Banijay’s output in movies, predicting a resurgence in popularity for films. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predicting
Noun
  • But these complaints do not negate the actual successes of inflation, nor its ability to make truly generic predictions.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That forecast might sound suspiciously familiar to skeptics who have seen such decadal predictions come and go in the past.
    Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sheriffs Chris Davis, of Humphreys County, and Jason Craft, of Hickman County, alternated reading the victims' names.
    Nicole Young, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Continue reading … RADIO SILENCE – Spanberger’s muted response to dual controversies shapes narrative in final stretch of race.
    , FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Weather forecasting is a powerful tool.
    Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Historically, most weather forecasting models have been based on data from high-income countries in the northern hemisphere.
    Emily Kwong, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Such changes may ultimately create greater access to capital for new, fast-growing startups, especially for businesses anticipating an exit within a few years.
    Beth Braverman, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, industries like technology, finance, and non-profit are anticipating to hire less than the average employer.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Flood forecasts Along the coast, moderate to major flooding is forecast at nearly three dozen tide gauges from North Carolina to Long Island over the weekend, including the Chesapeake and Delaware bays.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In a note on Monday, market veteran Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, went over his earlier bullish calls on gold, which has repeatedly reached his forecasts ahead of schedule.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Every day there are LinkedIn posts, as well as Forbes, NYT, and WSJ articles about the massive capital reallocation by customers and investors to AI from SaaS, foretelling the end of SaaS.
    Barry Libert, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • An optimist would read the internal market action in recent weeks as foretelling an early-cycle reacceleration/reflation dynamic setting up.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yesterday seemed much more like a team retreating by choice, both through in-game changes and by the sheer fear of surrendering another lead — a fear that became a self-fulfilling prophecy.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • As natural disasters erupt, Virginia flees Detroit with her son Joshua, guided by visions that suggest her child is central to an ancient prophecy.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bank of America Securities analyst Robert Ohmes just downgraded Target from hold to sell, prognosticating another 10-15% share drop.
    Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025

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