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forecast

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




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There is an imaginable pathway to a forecast next year with higher growth, lower inflation and lower debt interest costs, plausibly improving the public finance projections by tens of billions.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Macquarie cuts its FY27 EPS forecast by 14%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Verizon’s earlier forecast called for 9% to 10% growth.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

"The event team continually assessed the mountain weather forecast in the build-up to and throughout the event, with competitor safety guiding every decision," they added.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

I rather dwelt on this part of the forecast, while our good ship made time, bound outward down the wind for the strange island of Seirenes.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Scientists have collected substantial evidence about Earth's ancient climates, but translating that information into reliable forecasts remains difficult.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Panmure raised its 2026 revenue and Ebitda forecasts for Plus500 by around 3% to $847.1 million and $355.7 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Most economists predict the ECB will make the final hike of its current tightening cycle in December when it will be armed with updated growth and inflation forecasts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Once the weekend's stormy weather has passed, forecasts suggest another area of low pressure will develop over the Atlantic before deepening as it approaches the UK from the south-west.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

There is another quite different problem exemplified by these stock-market forecasts and fanciful explanations of success.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

“Any time we have these strong winds forecasted ... that’s the most receptive time for any start to really take hold and spread,” said Sean Doran, a spokesman with the Orange County Fire Authority.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 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

Analysts forecasted revenue of $1.18 billion, according to FactSet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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

Derek Tang, co-founder of forecasting firm LH Meyer, said the market has a very difficult time understanding when the rate hikes will end.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

He notes that Johnson & Johnson JNJ 2.19%increase; up pointing triangle , the industry juggernaut, is forecasting double-digit sales growth by the end of the decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Scientists now have far more sophisticated instruments and forecasting methods than were available in the 19th century.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

"AI has really revolutionised weather forecasting in the sense that you can actually now predict weather much faster, with a really high skill and with a high performance," Pappenberger told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Now the experts hustled to explain their faulty forecasting.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt


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