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 The predictive method eventually made a comeback in the 1920s, as the use of tarot cards became popularized. Lisa Stardust, People.com, 20 June 2025 In addition, the tests are not equitable or similarly predictive for all students, especially given gender, race and socioeconomic demographics. Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, The Conversation, 17 June 2025 The Future Of Cybersecurity Looking ahead, cybersecurity will become increasingly autonomous, predictive, adaptive and continuously evolving. Harikrishnan Muthukrishnan, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 Many existing screening tests operate with worse predictive values, often producing more unnecessary interventions than Grail’s approach seemed likely to trigger. Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for predictive
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Adjective
  • Our bishops and the leaders of our denominations have a special responsibility to exercise prophetic leadership.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
  • But there were quieter, more beautiful paintings, too—filled with Orlik’s odd, occasionally prophetic imagination.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
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  • The Academy Award winner looks sinister and well-suited as a leader in some kind of underground workspace (one that resembles a NASA control room and the like).
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 June 2025
  • But those few seconds don’t erase all the fleeting, sinister impressions that came before — and that turn out not to have been fleeting, after all.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 21 June 2025

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“Predictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predictive. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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