as in to read
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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Bills stunned by Patriots Few would have predicted that the New England Patriots would be the team to snap the Bills’ unbeaten start this season, but that’s exactly what happened at Highmark Stadium on Sunday.
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Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
What separates good from great Three habits predict satisfaction more than any headline claim.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Taking the Jaguars is Pete Prisco, who predicts a 23-21 final.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
Explosive Computations Physicists want to predict what will happen when fundamental particles interact.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
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Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
What separates good from great Three habits predict satisfaction more than any headline claim.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Taking the Jaguars is Pete Prisco, who predicts a 23-21 final.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
Explosive Computations Physicists want to predict what will happen when fundamental particles interact.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predict
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Children…who had previously not read for pleasure are standing in line at bookstores and libraries to get the next book in the series.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Oct. 2025
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Faithful to tradition, the festival’s 800 volunteers were feted with a walk-around the concert hall to the sound of a brass band, before guests were invited to the stage to officially open the festival by reading a sentence in unison – a joyous cacophony that drew complicit laughter from the crowd.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
12 Oct. 2025
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In April, Caviezel anticipated returning as Christ in Resurrection.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
11 Oct. 2025
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Most teams anticipate the asking price to be steep.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Todd's second-ever screen role foretold his future prominence, as the taciturn Sgt.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Sep. 2025
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However, economists caution, the better-than-expected reading could be a sign of a slowing economy and that shrinking businesses’ margins could foretell higher prices for consumers in the near future.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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John Hollinger forecasts how the bottom of the Western Conference will play out.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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The system’s center is forecast to remain offshore of the Baja California Sur coast, dissipating by Saturday, according to the agency.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Elam helps answer questions about the process, warns business owners of building code violations and does a preliminary inspection before their state certification visit.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Oct. 2025
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Buffaloes fans at the stadium in Boulder spilled out of their seats and onto the field after the victory, even as the public address announcer warned fans the school will possibly be fined by the Big 12 Conference for their part in the field storming.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
12 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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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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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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Blumhouse announced at CinemaCon 2024 that a sequel to Five Nights at Freddy’s was coming in 2025.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
11 Oct. 2025
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The new boat will meet boaters in the water to empty their waste holding tanks for free, the city announced Thursday.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Predict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predict. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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