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forecast

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




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Analysts polled by Visible Alpha had forecast quarterly net sales at $13.96 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Netflix also narrowed its 2026 forecast to a range of $51 billion to $51.4 billion from $50.7 billion to $51.7 billion.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Keep up to date with the latest forecast on the BBC Weather website or app.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

The Fidelity healthcare forecast assumes that a retiree is enrolled in traditional Medicare.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Winston, however, in rewriting the forecast, marked the figure down to fifty-seven millions, so as to allow for the usual claim that the quota had been overfilled.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Consumer prices unexpectedly held steady at 2.8% in May, below economists’ forecasts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Speeding up the process can be life-saving, with such forecasts being essential for everything from agriculture and hydropower to protecting people from natural hazards like floods, storms and landslides.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Marc Giannoni, chief U.S. economist at Barclays, forecasts that the Fed will keep rates unchanged until the end of 2027.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

Whatever your plans for the rest of the summer, you can always keep up to date with the latest forecasts on the BBC Weather app.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Love comes to mind, immediately, and it surprises him like a lightning bolt on a day with clear forecasts.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

NATS, the UK's air traffic control service, said "weather disruption was expected to continue through the rest of the day" after "forecasted severe weather across the south east of England".

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

The company now anticipates spending between $125 billion and $145 billion in 2026, up from a forecasted range of $115 billion to $135 billion previously.

From MarketWatch Jun. 5, 2026

Meta said when reporting first-quarter earnings on April 29 that its forecasted range for capex is $135 billion at the midpoint.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

Organic sales are forecasted to rise between 3% to 4%, with a 100-basis-point adjusted gross margin expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

The weatherman had forecasted a record high for the day of the meet.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Once established, you won’t need to care about whether inflation turns out to be higher or lower than the Cleveland Fed model is forecasting.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

JPMorgan’s annualized return on equity was 24%, when analysts were forecasting 19%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The results could have important implications for climate forecasting.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

However, some weather forecasting models are suggesting there is a chance that parts of the UK could see temperatures in the mid- to high 30s later in the week.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

It never would have occurred to me those words were forecasting my imminent and terrifying future.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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