as in prophetic
being a sign of a later course of events
unfortunately, the stock market crash of 1929 turned out to be a predictive event, for the next decade was consumed by the Great Depression
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Recent Examples of predictive
Last year, the BAFTAs were quite predictive of the Oscars.
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
Many are regulated by the US Environmental Protection Agency, but not all, according to the researchers, who trained a predictive machine learning model on the toxicity data of more than 200 chemicals.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 16 Jan. 2026
But industry must adopt innovation that preserves nuance, predictive maintenance inclinations, and incident-specific experience only possible from years of hands-on work.
—Kriti Sharma, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
The legislation would modify federal highway and freight safety programs to allow grant recipients, such as state departments of transportation, to use vehicle telematics and predictive analytics to identify infrastructure concerns.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Jan. 2026
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
Many are regulated by the US Environmental Protection Agency, but not all, according to the researchers, who trained a predictive machine learning model on the toxicity data of more than 200 chemicals.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 16 Jan. 2026
But industry must adopt innovation that preserves nuance, predictive maintenance inclinations, and incident-specific experience only possible from years of hands-on work.
—Kriti Sharma, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
The legislation would modify federal highway and freight safety programs to allow grant recipients, such as state departments of transportation, to use vehicle telematics and predictive analytics to identify infrastructure concerns.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predictive
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Myrrh Finally, myrrh introduced a deeply human and prophetic nuance.—
Nadia Cantú,
AZCentral.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Who knew how prophetic that would prove to be?—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Peters is recognized for playing dark, sinister characters.—
Olivia Singh,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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In Biden’s four-year term, evidence was gathered, a case was prepared and the prosecution was implemented against Epstein’s sinister accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Predictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predictive. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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