predictions

plural of prediction

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Recent Examples of predictions However, despite this, Nolan shared his predictions for the film with Safdie. Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025 Taking a look at spring 2026 predictions made 18 months ago, in comparison to what was shown during the recent New York Fashion Week shows. Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025 Starting in the 1960s, the Big Bang’s greatest predictions were confirmed, leading to widespread acceptance of the theory. Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025 Past predictions that fusion might be a decade or so away have come and gone for, well, decades. Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 Others think of it primarily as a set of computer programs that can answer questions and make predictions about what’s likely to happen. Veronique Greenwood, Time, 14 Oct. 2025 The total effect of those associations was slowly inching upward, and many scientists hoped to soon be able to make meaningful predictions of IQ based on DNA. Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025 Their text message predictions had become a reality. IndyStar, 13 Oct. 2025 Each planet is less than a quarter hydrogen and helium, which matches predictions from solar system formation models and the observed densities of the planets. Paul Sutter, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predictions
Noun
  • The findings could help improve forecasts of how radioactive materials are released from storage over thousands of years.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Farm income this year is expected to hit its lowest point since 2020, Farmers National Senior Vice President for Real Estate Paul Schadegg said, citing USDA forecasts.
    April Baumgarten, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When and how this messianic revolution would come about was up for debate and speculation, but large segments of the population, based on specific prophecies in the Hebrew Bible, believed that the time was at hand.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Back in June, a South African YouTube show about religious prophecies and visions featured an interview with a guest named Joshua Mhlakela.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025

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