prognosis
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"Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her prognosis remains unclear but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery."
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Pike’s prognosis is still unclear and her recovery will be a long one, the attorneys said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Others, however, are a bit skeptical of Nasser’s prognosis, arguing that the oil market may be able to recover a bit quicker.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Ferrell said: "She's still in the hospital, on a ventilator, critically ill, we really don't know the prognosis yet, and may not know for several days."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The prognosis is looking up: in test subjects, lymphoid tumors have been seen to reduce in size.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
He said that while doctors could never be certain with prognoses, the six-month criteria would be a "yard stick" to ensure that people were in the final stages of life.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
Many hospitals now use a model based on different factors from the patients’ day of admission to assess their prognoses.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023
Through the long, wild ride, there were peaks and troughs, months of uncertainty, bailout talks, near-misses and dire prognoses.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023
It’s an island of hope in a sea of dim prognoses for urban life.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2022
It had been Mrs. Richardson who had held her, Mrs. Richardson who had heard all the doctors’ prognoses, the dire warnings about what might be in store for her.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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