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as in prediction
a declaration that something will happen in the future
the complete fulfillment of his prognostication surprised even him
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as in premonition
a feeling that something bad will happen
at the sight of the brooding mansion, her prognostications of ill fortune grew stronger
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Recent Examples of prognostication
Indeed, the annals of stock market commentaries are replete with prognostications that, in retrospect, were almost comically wrong.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Week 11 picks: This is where USA TODAY Sports' panel of experts has provided fans with the great public service of making prognostications for every game this weekend, both straight up and against the spread.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
The specific prognostications may vary — the precogs can disagree among themselves — but there remains something essentially supernatural about their abilities.
—Sam Worley, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
While many will be watching the races as a potential prognostication for the Oscars, there are also several outliers nominated, including Hugh Grant for Heretic, Saoirse Ronan for The Outrun, and Jamie Lee Curtis for The Last Showgirl.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2025
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Week 11 picks: This is where USA TODAY Sports' panel of experts has provided fans with the great public service of making prognostications for every game this weekend, both straight up and against the spread.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
The specific prognostications may vary — the precogs can disagree among themselves — but there remains something essentially supernatural about their abilities.
—Sam Worley, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
While many will be watching the races as a potential prognostication for the Oscars, there are also several outliers nominated, including Hugh Grant for Heretic, Saoirse Ronan for The Outrun, and Jamie Lee Curtis for The Last Showgirl.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prognostication
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For sports fans, Cari Champion hosted an in-person taping of Naked Sports with Iman Shumpert, where the two debated everything from LeBron vs. Jordan to championship predictions.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
29 Apr. 2025
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Like the gyrations in the stock market, economists have gone back and forth on recession predictions.—
Catherine Arnst,
Quartz,
29 Apr. 2025
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His music is often haunted by death — premonitions that, in his case, proved correct.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Wagner commented that in opera the orchestra should act as a medium of premonition, indicating what is foreordained but not yet foreseen.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2024
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Plants a few miles away and has filled the apartment with enormous trees in ceramic pots, giving the rooms a bohemian feel.—
Lisa Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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The dress cinched slightly at her midsection before flowing into a softly pleated skirt, giving it that breezy, romantic feel that’s perfect for spring.—
Robyn Merrett,
StyleCaster,
21 Apr. 2025
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That helps combat the urban heat island effect, where an abundance of manmade surfaces like parking lots, sidewalks and streets absorb and hold onto heat and produce temperatures several degrees hotter than the overall temperature forecast.—
Madeline Heim,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Thursday night’s forecast is partly cloudy with a low around 58.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Apr. 2025
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Harassment, fear alter campus life As prestigious universities like Harvard became a focal point of outside scrutiny last year, external harassment had devastating effects on students, the report says.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Many in the scientific community have begun to talk about how to move forward, but fears remain that the Trump administration will proceed with its own report, assigning authors that represent alternative viewpoints on climate change.—
Tracy J. Wholf,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2025
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What To Know According to the DHS summary, officers noted eight other individuals in the vehicle and no visible luggage, prompting suspicions of human trafficking.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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An aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is out on leave and ushered out of the Pentagon for suspicion of leaking.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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There’s dread in the hoodoo prophecy that says some blues voices like Sammie’s can unite the living and the dead, like Orpheus.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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Convinced that these were signs of the Second Coming, Parham sought to hasten Christ’s return by training his followers in gifts of the spirit like those found in the Acts of the Apostles—everything from faith healing and prophecy to glossolalia.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Not Enough People Are Watching ‘NYT Mini’ Clues And Answers For Saturday, April 26 New Google Leak Reveals Subscription Changes For Gemini AI There is no shortage of worries for European auto manufacturers.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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These privacy and security worries caused Microsoft to delay Recall and develop various safeguards to prevent such abuse.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Prognostication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prognostication. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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