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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Scientists predict that within the next 15 years this ice cap will disappear in summer for the first time in millennia, accelerating global warming.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025 -
The test predicted that my father’s risk of dying from the disease in the next five years was less than 5%.—
Luisel Ricks-Santi,
The Conversation,
20 May 2025
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The founding team actively reads customer reviews, emails, and support requests to guide product development.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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This issue is a great use case for AI to address by setting up a responder to read and reply using one of a series of templates the customer defines.—
Jeff Catlin,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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In practice, Kearney’s geopolitical dynamics team takes an end-to-end view of what is happening globally, helps anticipate, prioritize and respond to the impacts of what’s happening in the market.—
Alexandra Pastore,
Footwear News,
20 May 2025
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None of it was anticipated before the March 18 ruling.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
20 May 2025
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“Vaticinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaticinate. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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