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
Aimed at identifying and accelerating the development of de-risked drug assets, the company claims to leverage deep learning, predictive modeling, and real-world clinical data to streamline candidate selection and protocol design.
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Michelle Castillo, CNBC, 10 June 2025
Among seven experiments seeking to constrain HVP and tighten predictive precision, only one agreed with the lattice QCD results, while there was also deviation among their own measurements.
—Eleni Petrakou, Scientific American, 8 June 2025
For example, tracking the resale performance of specific generations of enterprise servers or professional workstations can allow for accurate predictive pricing.
—Albert Golukhov, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Now, Meacham is going all in on predictive analytics.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
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Michelle Castillo, CNBC, 10 June 2025
Among seven experiments seeking to constrain HVP and tighten predictive precision, only one agreed with the lattice QCD results, while there was also deviation among their own measurements.
—Eleni Petrakou, Scientific American, 8 June 2025
For example, tracking the resale performance of specific generations of enterprise servers or professional workstations can allow for accurate predictive pricing.
—Albert Golukhov, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Now, Meacham is going all in on predictive analytics.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predictive
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Our bishops and the leaders of our denominations have a special responsibility to exercise prophetic leadership.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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But there were quieter, more beautiful paintings, too—filled with Orlik’s odd, occasionally prophetic imagination.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
17 June 2025
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The Academy Award winner looks sinister and well-suited as a leader in some kind of underground workspace (one that resembles a NASA control room and the like).—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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But those few seconds don’t erase all the fleeting, sinister impressions that came before — and that turn out not to have been fleeting, after all.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
21 June 2025
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“Predictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predictive. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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