as in forecasts
a declaration that something will happen in the future
we were all amazed when the fortune-teller's predictions turned out to be true
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Recent Examples of predictions
Fans take their own stabs pro bono, posting to Reddit their predictions for the draft’s first round, or their bespoke guesses for all two hundred and fifty-seven picks.
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Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
The court currently stands at a 9-0 conservative majority, but if Rankin and Jordan were to claim seats, the state could see a 5-4 conservative lead as soon as 2028, according to some predictions.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Certain lower-risk administrative technologies are expressly excluded, including spreadsheets requiring human analysis, workflow management and routing tools, and systems that simply organize or summarize information without generating predictions or inferences.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
The company also claims this voltage is predicted in a paper that doesn’t appear to have any predictions, which is necessary for success.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Take these predictions with all the sand that’s available in the Delaware Valley.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 15 May 2026
To be sure, some firms will likely boost their predictions as more earning roll in.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 May 2026
Scientists at Ames National Laboratory are currently expanding a new artificial intelligence tool to improve predictions regarding how materials behave during the operation of fusion energy systems.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
Some of the most notable, but also controversial, contracts on predictions markets like Kalshi are the ones related to politics, such as election results, a focus for the ETFs.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 10 May 2026
Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
The court currently stands at a 9-0 conservative majority, but if Rankin and Jordan were to claim seats, the state could see a 5-4 conservative lead as soon as 2028, according to some predictions.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Certain lower-risk administrative technologies are expressly excluded, including spreadsheets requiring human analysis, workflow management and routing tools, and systems that simply organize or summarize information without generating predictions or inferences.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
The company also claims this voltage is predicted in a paper that doesn’t appear to have any predictions, which is necessary for success.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Take these predictions with all the sand that’s available in the Delaware Valley.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 15 May 2026
To be sure, some firms will likely boost their predictions as more earning roll in.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 May 2026
Scientists at Ames National Laboratory are currently expanding a new artificial intelligence tool to improve predictions regarding how materials behave during the operation of fusion energy systems.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
Some of the most notable, but also controversial, contracts on predictions markets like Kalshi are the ones related to politics, such as election results, a focus for the ETFs.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 10 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predictions
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Last week, the American Hotel & Lodging Association reported hotel bookings for most host cities have tracked below initial forecasts, with particular weakness seen in Kansas City, where as many as 90% of respondents said sales were trailing a typical summer.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
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Jonathan Stacey will take over weather forecasts for the evening news on Fox 5.—
Rodney Ho,
AJC.com,
14 May 2026
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The mentality aspect is fascinating here, too, how both winning and losing can become ingrained in a team, or how prophecies become self-fulfilling.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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So her advice, over all, is to be wary of predictions and prophecies.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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“Predictions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predictions. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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