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forecast

[fawr-kast, -kahst, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌkæst, -ˌkɑst, ˈfoʊr- /




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With a very strong El Niño forecast, the US National Hurricane Center in May predicted a total of eight to 14 named storms.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The company stuck to its forecast for falling organic sales overall for its new fiscal year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Meanwhile, a swell from Hurricane Rachel is expected to bring elevated surf of 5 to 6 feet to area beaches on Tuesday through Thursday, according to the weather service forecast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Carney designated the pipeline a project of national interest, which he forecast would create 140,000 jobs and generate over C$20 billion in GDP a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Bored, I stifle a yawn and stare out at the empty courtyard, the cold winds and the forecast of snow driving everyone inside.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

They also show that job creation has slowed sharply, plunging last month to less than a third of economists’ forecasts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

September headline inflation and core inflation were both on track with Bank Indonesia’s end-2026 forecasts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Ford doesn’t release its quarterly sales data until Friday but Cox forecasts its sales fell 7% in the quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The FruitCast model accounts for weather and irrigation conditions in its forecasts.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Today’s issue contained a statement of the actual output, from which it appeared that the forecasts were in every instance grossly wrong.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Hurricane Odalys, with 90 mph winds, is nearly 900 miles west of the southern tip of Baja California and is forecasted to turn away from land and weaken.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The NPS said on Monday that a second body had been recovered, while warning that "forecasted weather may affect the timing and pace" of further search operations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Last season, only four teams featured in the forecasted top-four positions, but this time there are seven named, in 15 different combinations.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

That has the ironic consequence of increasing the forecasted return of the stock market relative to the bond market.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Moreover, the world down there was far warmer than anyone had expected, with a temperature at 10,000 meters of 180 degrees centigrade, nearly twice the forecasted level.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Last year, Nardi and Mazzini also published research forecasting an increase in MHWs along the U.S.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

A much bigger drop is likely to be seen with EV sales, with Cox forecasting a 45% year-over-year decline for the third quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Adobe expects Cyber Monday to remain the biggest online shopping day of the season, forecasting $15.1 billion in a single day of sales, or up 6.2% year over year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The systems enable observations of the atmosphere, oceans and land, and the transmission of data that supports life-saving early warnings, reliable weather forecasting and long-term climate monitoring.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

They dodged trainees pouring out of forecasting labs, talking about their moon prophecies.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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