as in to predict
to tell of or describe beforehand
if he could really vaticinate the course of the stock market, he'd be rich enough to own Manhattan
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To be clear, many predicted the team to have a solid showing, with several calling on them to make it out of the group stage.
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Which top college and international prospects do pundits predict the Mavs will target with the ninth pick?
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Many of Dad’s many friends read Columbia’s column religiously and were plenty pissed.
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But, by 2030, AI’s intelligence per watt (to reference a new metric recently introduced by Chris Re and colleagues at Stanford) will be dramatically higher, to a degree that few today are anticipating or have yet internalized.
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And traders have consistently anticipated key economic data points, like the rate of US inflation and interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve.
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“Vaticinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaticinate. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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