Thesaurus results for PROGNOSTIC

prognostic

noun

präg-ˈnä-stik

Definition of prognostic

as in prediction

a declaration that something will happen in the future a prognostic of a global pandemic that turned out to be distressingly accurate

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Recent Examples of prognostic What is contained in this prognostic are rules or instructions by which to predict the very season, day, and hour of death coming to one who is sick, by the signs that are here set down. — David Treuer, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021

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The biggest difference between prediction markets and traditional sports betting is how people put their money on an outcome.

— Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2026
There have been times when that prediction was teetering but England has risen to the occasion.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of prediction

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For the most recent earnings season, these forecasting fruit flies buzzed around modeling 12% earnings growth for the quarter.

— Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
This is because temperature measurements used in weather forecasting are taken in the shade and are not exposed to direct sunlight.

— Brian Bossak, The Conversation, 1 July 2026

Definition of forecasting

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The move comes as Meta simultaneously plans a new cloud computing business to sell excess capacity, even as investors remain skeptical of its roughly $145 billion capex forecast and the company's lag behind AI leaders OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 July 2026
For the full year, Pepsi reiterated its prior forecast that organic revenue will rise between 2% and 4% and core constant currency earnings per share will increase in a range of 4% to 6%.

— Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 9 July 2026

Definition of forecast

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The prophecy came true last fall, when Alpert and the Brass sold out all shows on a theater tour that climaxed in November in a buzzy pair of appearances down the street at the Dolby Theatre.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 7 July 2026
She’s sustained by her love for her husband, their home in the megacity Losan (strikingly similar to Los Angeles), until a prophecy draws her to an enemy and a clash that will determine the fates of their peoples.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

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