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prognosticating

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verb

present participle of prognosticate

prognosticating

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of prognosticating
Adjective
Bank of America Securities analyst Robert Ohmes just downgraded Target from hold to sell, prognosticating another 10-15% share drop. Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prognosticating
Noun
  • This prediction hitting will depend in part on whether the Penguins, or a team in their position, likes the best of the Leafs’ future goodies in a Rust-like transaction.
    Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • But, contrary to Cole’s predictions, the forests weren’t gone forever.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With Turpin back, all three (Jalen Tolbert included) will be like predicting the Packers receivers when all are healthy.
    Jake Ciely, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • High geopolitical volatility makes predicting the market’s future even more difficult than usual, a Reuters columnist argued.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tom Andersson became interested in weather models after hearing from experts that, despite rapid progress in AI forecasting, the models weren’t yet reliable enough to predict storm intensity in real-world settings.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • These recurring revenues are steady, received regularly, and can be considered a better barometer of a company’s financial performance, and a better basis for planning and forecasting.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Even now, when the harassment is digital—some guy in Texas sending me an explicit message after reading my essay—my instinct is still to minimize it.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Phyllis Diller sent her a piece of hair art after reading about the museum in People magazine.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cohen is director of seasonal forecasts at Atmospheric and Environmental Research.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Here's the forecast for Sault Ste.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When and how this messianic revolution would come about was up for debate and speculation, but large segments of the population, based on specific prophecies in the Hebrew Bible, believed that the time was at hand.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In the world of Chad Powers, that prophecy sticks.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Prognosticating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prognosticating. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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