prognoses

plural of prognosis

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Recent Examples of prognoses My tests provide diagnoses and prognoses and treatment plans for the most complicated medical cases out there. Literary Hub, 20 July 2026 Ruchir Sinha pointed to diagnoses and prognoses arriving months after the relevant event—sometimes so delayed that the information becomes almost moot. Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Adding even one new option—such as RP1—for people whose melanoma has not responded to first-line treatments could make a big difference for patients’ prognoses. K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 2 May 2026 Then their prognoses grew more fragile. Susan Young, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026 Oosterhoff concedes that psychiatric diagnoses and prognoses are inherently less certain than those of physical illnesses. Charles Lane, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026 And although some recent box-office prognoses have contemplated whether Melania could perform along the lines of Am I Racist? Chris Lee, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prognoses
Noun
  • Net income was down from a year ago, falling short of forecasts, after the company spent big on AI and other research projects.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • Although earlier forecasts indicated a 20% chance of rain on Thursday, those chances had evaporated by early Wednesday afternoon.
    Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • Investment firms looking to get ahead, meanwhile, will be spending big to hire Fed alumni who can help make predictions in a lower-transparency environment, Richardson said.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 July 2026
  • Forty years ago, a NASA scientist learned from her boss about the potential for global warming due to fossil fuels, with predictions of future heat domes and forest fires.
    Adam Frank, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Dafoe’s Thomas Wake is the film’s Proteus figure, a salty old lighthouse keeper who speaks like someone out of ancient myth, dispensing prophecies and superstitions.
    Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026
  • There were warning signs blinking about the quality of the defenders for weeks and on Monday those prophecies were fulfilled.
    Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

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“Prognoses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prognoses. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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