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Building on earlier research that used similar networks to predict how laser pulses travel through optical fibers, the scientists adapted the approach to handle more complicated interactions involving multiple light waves.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
"There's no way you'd ever be able to predict that level of success for anything," he says.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
With the ever expanding internet-of-things, almost all new devices pair with an app or a web portal, and companies are benefiting from innovations that allow remote operation of industrial equipment or predict maintenance needs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
After that, pundits predict a flurry of official inquiries that could sweep up many top administration officials, including Miller himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
During the argument, the Court was feisty, and it was impossible to predict what the justices were going to do.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Weather forecaster OpenSnow predicts several ski regions will see above-average snowfall this winter, including:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Although it predicts behavior that differs from Einstein's gravity across enormous cosmic distances, its departures from general relativity become naturally suppressed in dense environments.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
A restive population that Madrid predicts won’t let Becerra bask in his historic win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
He predicts a situation going forward he characterizes as “Schrödinger’s Strait,” whereby the chokepoint in the Iranian gulf is theoretically open but in practice, still closed.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
I still love you, Gustavo, but it’s a habitual love, a wound in the knee that predicts rain.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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The new scoring system predicted future cognitive decline more effectively than several established indicators, including demographic characteristics, genetic risk factors, and amyloid-beta and tau biomarkers.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
But the scandal is unlikely to "dominate the agenda" or affect Trump and Xi's personal relationship, predicted Dylan Loh of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Those in industries her committees oversaw fell about 37 points short of the Carhart model’s predicted returns; her other investments fell about 60 points short.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
In fact, even as AI capex consensus rises, the predicted return on invested capital is falling.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Tal predicted that Fischer would win 5½–4½ against Taimanov.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Dychtwald has been predicting the ascendance of aging boomers for decades as a public speaker and boardroom consultant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
But when it comes to predicting the power of winter storms, there is far less consensus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Gas prices look likely to continue declining in the weeks to come, said De Haan, predicting that the cost per gallon could fall to around $3.75 by Thanksgiving.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
A recent ceasefire in the Kherson region was "a very positive precedent", Fesenko said, predicting Kyiv will likely push for more "de-escalation of the war through such local truces".
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Professor Rolf Eliassen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology testified before a congressional committee to the impossibility of predicting the composite effect of these chemicals, or of identifying the organic matter resulting from the mixture.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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