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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
Thunderstorms are likely to subside in the evening but could pop up again on July 8 across the south-central Plains, forecasters predicted.
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 July 2025
The local National Weather Service office is predicting storms moving east-northeast at 20 mph.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, The Courier-Journal, 7 July 2025
Other state public health laws, regulations, and services protect people who are suicidal from caregivers, medical professionals, and family members who might encourage self-harm, but suspends these protections if a doctor predicts the person has less than six months to live.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 7 July 2025
Thunderstorms and showers are predicted in southeast Michigan between 2-8 p.m.
The risk of flash flooding is marginal.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 6 July 2025
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 July 2025
The local National Weather Service office is predicting storms moving east-northeast at 20 mph.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, The Courier-Journal, 7 July 2025
Other state public health laws, regulations, and services protect people who are suicidal from caregivers, medical professionals, and family members who might encourage self-harm, but suspends these protections if a doctor predicts the person has less than six months to live.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 7 July 2025
Thunderstorms and showers are predicted in southeast Michigan between 2-8 p.m.
The risk of flash flooding is marginal.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predict
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Keep reading: Now, watch the cast of A Minecraft Movie react to TikTok trends: Shop all of our latest obsessions in one place!—
Jenny Berg,
Allure,
6 July 2025
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But its recurring theme — Ed as a jealous interloper undermining owner Wilbur Post’s domestic life — can be read as a surreal meditation on masculinity, autonomy and repression in suburban America.—
Chris Reed,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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The company anticipates cleanup efforts to wrap up at the end of August, but the target may be adjusted as needed to ensure safety.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Over the past two years, multinational enterprises have been anticipating the need for strategic rebalancing of production locations, with Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and Central America the main beneficiaries, according to the report.—
Courtney Fingar,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Bruckheimer is not one of the doomsayers foretelling the end of movies.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Those who knew him before the bombings could not have foretold his devotion to North Korea.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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In addition, according to FactSet, technology sector earnings are expected to grow at 18% in 2025, while the S&P 500’s earnings are forecast to rise by about 9.1% year-over-year.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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See the current storms in the Atlantic System expected to form in the Pacific Meanwhile in the Pacific, a system offshore from southern Mexico is forecast to become a tropical depression or tropical storm by sometime on June 29, the hurricane center said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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Collins and Tillis have warned that the Medicaid and other cuts could leave large numbers of people in their state losing their health care coverage.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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In a statement to the Miami Herald, Perez rejected the notion that the Northeast Corridor dollars were actually at risk and warned the DeSantis administration against attempting to cut funding in the Miami area.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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But our sorry showing in the early rounds undercuts any claim to prognosticating success.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
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Most other publications didn’t even bother prognosticating.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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And the results presaged Democrats’ 2020 Peach State success, when Biden won the state — and the presidency — while the party nabbed both of Georgia’s Senate seats.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
4 July 2025
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Over the years, Charlamagne built the kind of deeply personal relationship with his audience that presaged the always-on culture of content creators of the 21st century.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2025
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The fitness instructor and TV icon died as a result of blunt traumatic injuries, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office announced two months later.—
Emily Trainham,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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Last October, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his administration’s ambition to make Japan the largest startup hub in Asia, building on existing policy initiatives such as the Small Business Innovation Research program and five-year national startup development plan.—
Cat Wang,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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“Predict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predict. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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