predictions

plural of prediction

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Recent Examples of predictions In contrast, all there is of the future is our predictions, hopes, and beliefs about what might happen, which are again states of our minds in the present. Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026 The league is also asking prediction markets to stop offering predictions on officiating, such as how many flags will be thrown. Luke Barr, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 The Athletic’s Stewart Mandel projected a 4-8 season for the Buffaloes in his Big 12 preseason predictions. Seth Emerson, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 New climate model predictions suggest that the ongoing El Niño will soon become stronger than any such event on record — probably during September — and remain at those levels through February. Ben Noll, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026 Machine learning models, by contrast, make predictions in fractions of a second. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026 But Tesla only offers unsupervised rides in six cities in Texas and Florida, and investors may have grown skeptical of Musk’s confident predictions. Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 See Star-Telegram high school sports editor Charles Baggarly and reporter Darren Lauber’s predictions for high profile Fort Worth-area games. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026 But six months into the conflict, the direst predictions haven’t come true even if no corner of the world’s economy has been untouched. Matt Sedensky, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predictions
Noun
  • The Hurricane Center uses only the top four or five highest performing models to help make its forecasts.
    Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Institute of International Finance warned that cocoa is not the only food product at risk from El Niño, which forecasts suggest will affect Africa’s agricultural sector across the board, through either flooding or drought.
    Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Each campaign features unique prophecies, rivalries, characters and challenges.
    Mya Copeland, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Ancient Chinese scholars made records of solar eclipses, and diviners made prophecies during these auspicious events.
    Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026

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