VATICINATING Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

vaticinating

verb

present participle of vaticinate

as in predicting

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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There are some limits to how well AI can work on predicting the future.

— John Kell, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Planning earlier doesn’t mean predicting every future problem.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

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One is why anyone living a normal life needs a bot to perform such quotidian tasks as reading and writing emails, placing appointments on a calendar or calling a plumber.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Rivera said reading Against All Hope, Cuban political prisoner Armando Valladares’ memoir, while attending FIU persuaded him to abandon plans to become a sportswriter and devote his life to political and human-rights causes.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

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