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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 predicted
Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Heading into the seven-game series opener, Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon predicted the Aces’ bench could be a potential separator between the opponents.
—Ben Pickman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
And if the burden falls on local authorities, the global non-government organization (NGO) predicted annual costs could reach 200 million pounds (about $269 million) by 2035.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Akhere predicted Cunningham will be able to promote her record on issues such as health care and tap into her longstanding community relationships in a reelection fight.
—Mary Ramsey
october 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
Winter's wrath continues with another cold spell predicted for mid-February.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
Its nearest competitor, Dwayne Johnson’s prestige drama The Smashing Machine, is expected to open with only $8 million to $15 million—a fraction of Swift’s predicted debut.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
According to the researchers, this model predicted up to 70 percent more massive galaxy clusters in the Universe’s early epochs due to stronger gravitational forces.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Most of the country is predicted to experience temperatures that lean above or are likely to be above normal, according to NOAA’s predictions.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
With this year's costumes trend predicted to be pop culture-heavy, obvious duo costumes, like Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, come to mind.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Heading into the seven-game series opener, Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon predicted the Aces’ bench could be a potential separator between the opponents.
—Ben Pickman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
And if the burden falls on local authorities, the global non-government organization (NGO) predicted annual costs could reach 200 million pounds (about $269 million) by 2035.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Akhere predicted Cunningham will be able to promote her record on issues such as health care and tap into her longstanding community relationships in a reelection fight.
—Mary Ramsey
october 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
Winter's wrath continues with another cold spell predicted for mid-February.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
Its nearest competitor, Dwayne Johnson’s prestige drama The Smashing Machine, is expected to open with only $8 million to $15 million—a fraction of Swift’s predicted debut.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
According to the researchers, this model predicted up to 70 percent more massive galaxy clusters in the Universe’s early epochs due to stronger gravitational forces.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Most of the country is predicted to experience temperatures that lean above or are likely to be above normal, according to NOAA’s predictions.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predicted
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The brand said in April 2021 that encrypted password information was also included within the leak, but the encryption keys to read those passwords weren’t accessed.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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Banned Books Week is a movement that celebrates the freedom to read, while drawing attention to censorship of literature in libraries, schools and bookstores.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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This week, Luke Combs is feeling wistful, Leon Thomas is feeling vindictive, and of course, the most anticipated pop release of the entire year is finally upon us.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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The anticipated transitional season?—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s legal bill for her high-stakes congressional hearing on sanctuary cities last March has increased by $100,000, to bring the city’s total expected spending on the matter to a whopping $750,000.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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The song could be included in an expected Aaliyah album.—
Trevor Anderson,
Billboard,
23 Sep. 2025
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Any development is forecasted to be slow and will occur as the area moves towards the northwest.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The external factors of the crisis Since 2020, Cuba’s gross domestic product has shrunk by almost 11%, with economists forecasting a further decline of 1%-2% in 2025.—
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Philosophers once prophesied that evolution would lead to minds far greater — and stranger — than our own.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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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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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Her attraction to coloring books presaged her minimal style.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
8 Sep. 2025
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That was just one of the findings of a new statewide health survey -- just the second in the country -- that was announced Thursday by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
6 Oct. 2025
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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced next week, on Thursday, October 9.—
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6 Oct. 2025
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