predictions

plural of prediction

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Recent Examples of predictions Investment firms looking to get ahead, meanwhile, will be spending big to hire Fed alumni who can help make predictions in a lower-transparency environment, Richardson said. Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 July 2026 Forty years ago, a NASA scientist learned from her boss about the potential for global warming due to fossil fuels, with predictions of future heat domes and forest fires. Adam Frank, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 In earlier rounds, however, market predictions tended to be more accurate. Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 17 July 2026 The tax, generally considered a barometer of the tourist industry’s health, has been on a 14-month tear, shattering all monthly revenue records and outpacing the rosiest of predictions by its closest followers. Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026 As the teenager talked through some of his predictions, his grandmother was photographed proudly watching on. Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 Search efforts continued through the night of July 14, with crews using thermal imaging technology, tide predictions and modeling to guide rescue operations, officials said. Paris Barraza, USA Today, 16 July 2026 These figures reflect population averages, not individual predictions. Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026 Once this modification was included, the theoretical predictions closely matched the experimental data, providing a practical framework for estimating exciton binding energy from the dielectric environment. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predictions
Noun
  • Net income was down from a year ago, falling short of forecasts, after the company spent big on AI and other research projects.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • Although earlier forecasts indicated a 20% chance of rain on Thursday, those chances had evaporated by early Wednesday afternoon.
    Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • There were warning signs blinking about the quality of the defenders for weeks and on Monday those prophecies were fulfilled.
    Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • 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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