Thesaurus results for PREDICTIONS

predictions

noun

plural of prediction

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 See Star-Telegram high school sports editor Charles Baggarly and reporter Darren Lauber’s predictions for 20 Fort Worth-area games. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026 For decades, astronomers studying the surroundings of the Milky Way have determined there are too few dwarf satellite galaxies orbiting our own galaxy when compared to predictions made by the standard model of cosmology. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026 The list of potential risks and scenarios has garnered widespread attention, leaving everyday people to assess the doomsday predictions. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026 Dozens of Coxon’s colleagues in the AI industry publicly supported his statements, with some making even more dire predictions. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026 Club portfolio director Jeff Marks agreed, pointing to predictions earlier this year that Warsh would cut rates upon taking over as Fed chairman. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026 Some, like Thomas Shaulis from Bonner Springs, were modest about their predictions. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 These predictions run the gamut, ranging from breakout performances and major trophies to worst-case injury scenarios and disastrous starts. — Janson Duench, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 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

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Nomura also added forecasts for two more hikes for the European Central Bank in December and March, adding that inflation could print above target until early 2027, citing the Iran conflict.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
That scenario has leapt from the realm of science fiction into forecasts about the near future, at least among some AI employees and observers.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of forecasts

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Some of its inhabitants look for ominous signs and listen to prophecies.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
If only professional old salt Wyck (Stephen Root) would quit with the doomsday prophecies about the fog being a sign of the island waking from malevolent slumber.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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