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prognosticating

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adjective

prognosticating

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verb

present participle of prognosticate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of prognosticating
Noun
After all the strategizing and prognosticating, what no one can predict is which films will actually connect once audiences arrive. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
Some 5,000 actresses were considered amid months of hysterical media prognosticating on who would wear the invisible halo next. — Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 The new rule of thumb when prognosticating about the NBA trade deadline is to never say never — Luka Doncic is a Los Angeles Laker now — but the Nuggets are just too good to mess around with their playoff rotation over a tax bill. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026 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
  • The gap between those predictions and the reality on the ground suggests many observers have overstated the likelihood of war.
    — Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • However, the current library remains too small for reliable predictions.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Next year will see more classic accessories used in less traditional ways with Whatnot predicting shoppers will reuse pieces that are in their own closets.
    — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • When the year started, investors were predicting a slew of AI companies going public, including SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In Cannes, MarediModa will present David Shah’s Spring/Summer 2028 trend-forecasting program for beachwear, bodywear and athleisure, each with five distinct fashion attitudes inspired by music and cultural subcultures.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The Treasury Department pushed back against Georgieva’s warning by questioning the IMF’s forecasting record in a statement to Fortune.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Just 3% of respondents expect electricity demand from AI to be lower than forecast; a majority see the technology as becoming more influential than innovations in renewable energy over the next decade.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Netflix — Shares of Netflix fell almost 5% after the streaming giant narrowed its 2026 full-year forecast .
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • These fictional chips are then summoned into existence by the delusional commitment of more than two million chip-industry employees to the perpetuation of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • In the road movie, which is Thailand’s international Oscar feature film submission, a prophecy prompts an aging grandmother to embark on a nine-temple pilgrimage with her children and grandchildren.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026

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“Prognosticating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prognosticating. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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