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forecast

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




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While rain is also in the forecast for the end of this week, as high pressure builds into November, more mist and fog will form next week.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

For the full year, the company raised its forecast for adjusted earnings to between $17.70 and $17.95 a share, up from a prior projection of $17.50 to $17.75 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

GDP is forecast to rise at a frothy annual rate of 3% to 4%, potentially marking the biggest spurt of growth in several years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Micron stock was rising after Elon Musk forecast a new sector will drive memory-chip demand.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

A memory, a present event, and a forecast all equally present.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Microsoft forecasts Azure growth of 44% to 45% in constant currency for the September quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Adjusted earnings were 58 cents a share, handily beating analyst forecasts of 10 cents a share, according to a poll on FactSet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The International Monetary Fund forecasts South Korea's annual current account surplus will reach $421.9 billion this year, the second-largest among 190 economies after China.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

It’s unclear how SoFi’s forecasts would be impacted if the Federal Reserve decides to raise interest rates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 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

Analysts surveyed by FactSet expect Netflix third quarter revenue will be $12.87 billion, up 11% compared to a year ago, close to what Netflix forecasted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

A heat hazard is an official designation for an event where it is forecasted that temperatures will be more than 31C at some point during the race on Sunday.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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

Maybank’s Brian Lee said inflation likely remains contained, with the core print unlikely to exceed the MAS’s forecasted range of 1.5% to 2.5% on a strong Singapore dollar and soft labor market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Analysts tracked by FactSet were forecasting about $6 billion and 82 cents, respectively.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

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

The medium-term outlook is more positive, with CRU forecasting up to 6 million tons by 2030 as new projects come online.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Against his bleak forecasting is set my mother’s cheerfulness, in retrospect profoundly willed.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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