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to tell of or describe beforehand
I can't even begin to predict what housing prices will be like 30 years from now
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Recent Examples of predict
The results: the cube looked twisted and the sphere's North Pole was in a different location—a demonstration of the rotational effect predicted back in 1959.
DOI: Communications Physics, 2025.
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ArsTechnica, 31 May 2025
Joy Taylor Puts Steelers, Aaron Rodgers on Blast Even his former head coach with the Green Bay Packers, Matt LaFleur, has predicted that Rodgers will sign with and play for Pittsburgh.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
His market is difficult to predict after a season disrupted by injuries.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
Ultimately, the company’s ambition is to build a computational model that captures the behaviours of every molecule inside a living cell and to predict how each of these molecules will change with health, disease or exposure to drugs.
—David Prosser, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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ArsTechnica, 31 May 2025
Joy Taylor Puts Steelers, Aaron Rodgers on Blast Even his former head coach with the Green Bay Packers, Matt LaFleur, has predicted that Rodgers will sign with and play for Pittsburgh.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
His market is difficult to predict after a season disrupted by injuries.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
Ultimately, the company’s ambition is to build a computational model that captures the behaviours of every molecule inside a living cell and to predict how each of these molecules will change with health, disease or exposure to drugs.
—David Prosser, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predict
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As a result, the surface of the land and sea is an open book that anyone with an internet connection can read to the point where the embarrassing launch failure of a North Korean frigate is instantly world news instead of a vague rumor.—
David Szondy
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2025
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What great fun to read about Monty and Rose, Searocket and Imani, Sage, Uncle Larry, Pepper and Blaze, just to name a few, and actually see photos of them, courtesy of skilled photojournalists.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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That’s the threshold where extreme heat, storms, and droughts become more intense, more frequent, and more challenging to anticipate using outdated models built on decades of relatively stable climate risk trends.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Wind gusts of up to 40 mph and marble-sized hail (0.5 inches) are anticipated.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2025
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But is the past foolproof in foretelling the future?—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
17 May 2025
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Ultimately, lawyers can’t foretell what will happen at the airport, Oza said.—
Makiya Seminera,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2025
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While the promise of forecasting customer behavior, optimizing operations and boosting efficiency was clear, the reality was often out of reach for most businesses.—
Zohar Bronfman,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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At the end of April, a report from Oxford Economics forecast that U.S. industrial output would shrink by 0.8 percent between 2025 and 2026 as a direct result of the tariffs.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Landsbergis’ own Plan B starts with his home region, the Baltic countries, which have been among the most stalwart in warning the world about Russian aggression and providing aid for Ukraine.—
Tamar Jacoby,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Bolden, who’d warned about lax security practices around President John F. Kennedy, was charged in 1964 with attempting to sell a copy of a Secret Service file to a ring of counterfeiters.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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But our sorry showing in the early rounds undercuts any claim to prognosticating success.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
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Most other publications didn’t even bother prognosticating.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The mixed messaging would presage his style as a pontiff whose doctrinal conservatism would blend with increasingly progressive public statements.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Dolan’s timidity in February presaged the decision of the bishops’ conference to wind down the refugee program in April, apparently without any attempt to sustain it independently.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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The impending launch, which SpaceX officially announced on Friday, May 23 a day after getting key regulatory approval, could be visible halfway around the world as the 400-foot vehicle soars on a suborbital trajectory.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Screen was first to report this news and announced that the power outage is currently affecting a large area of the Alpes-Maritime region.—
Maelle Beauget-Uhl,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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“Predict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predict. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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