as in prediction
a declaration that something will happen in the future
the securities analyst's prognosis for the stock market in the new year
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Recent Examples of prognosis
But in Paris, the prognosis is not looking good.
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Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
The prognosis on Fitts is still somewhat murky.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Epic stress-tested the CoMET model across 78 real-world tasks, including diagnosis prediction, disease prognosis, and healthcare operations.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
When Michael arrived in Morocco, a doctor told him Lily's prognosis was poor.
—Janelle Griffith, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
The prognosis on Fitts is still somewhat murky.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Epic stress-tested the CoMET model across 78 real-world tasks, including diagnosis prediction, disease prognosis, and healthcare operations.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
When Michael arrived in Morocco, a doctor told him Lily's prognosis was poor.
—Janelle Griffith, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prognosis
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Tropical weather experts at Colorado State University echo these predictions, saying overall atmospheric conditions, including wind patterns, will shift in a manner that supports a notable increase in activity.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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My preseason prediction of nine wins feels very much in play.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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The September total lunar eclipse will not be visible from the United States, per NASA's forecast.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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The agency’s three-day forecast indicates a minor geomagnetic storm, measured at a value of up to G2 on a scale of G1 to G5.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Its data will feed directly into NOAA's forecasting models to help safeguard satellites, communications systems and power grids from geomagnetic storms.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The team is now preparing to launch on the Bittensor network with a time series forecasting project in finance, finalizing their incentive mechanism, miner, and validator design.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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With the 2025 college football season on the horizon, months of previewing and predicting soon will be in the rearview mirror.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
8 Aug. 2025
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But at least some of that conflict comes from false assumptions, and some of it comes from turning their preconceptions into self-fulfilling prophecies.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Whether or not that is the beginning of the end for linear TV is a prophecy game more than anything right now.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Prognosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prognosis. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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