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predict

[pri-dikt] / prɪˈdɪkt /


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Over the past several years, Wall Street and Washington, D.C., have grown used to being able to reliably predict what the Federal Reserve would do at its interest-rate meeting, weeks before the gathering took place.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

The researchers say more work is needed to predict how different species will respond in different environments.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

"The war is ongoing and I certainly cannot predict when it might get resolved," he said.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

The escalation has already led analysts to predict that inflation will rise in the coming months and that interest rate cuts are unlikely anytime soon.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Although you may never meet, the three of you will work together in ways none of us can predict.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy said it expected the dangerous conditions to continue through Friday, and that "our best model for smoke only predicts out to 48 hours."

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

“Our mistakes will again be forgotten,” Odysseus predicts as the land he loves sails into the Dark Ages while he steers the helm.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The ultra-catchy pop-rock confection “Divine Intervention” has a verse about seeing someone wearing a sandwich board that predicts the end of the world as billionaires run for cover.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

One more remaining factor may undermine the dollar in the future, Sachdeva predicts: it’s the fundamental cheapness of Asian currencies.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

This year he predicts our lives will twist inside out.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai

But in five or 10 years time, we won't be using apps on our phones "like we do today", he predicted.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

Fifa is predicted to bring in record revenues of $9bn this year.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

And once Hidden Valley found itself at the center of this algorithmic collision, things got very weird, very quickly, in ways that executives who forecast condiments for a living couldn’t have predicted.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The results were roughly in line with what analysts had predicted and were driven by recent price increase and growth in advertising revenue.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

A weather forecaster in Columbus, Ohio, predicted: “Low today, 48: high, 4,800.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

"Disruption of that flow," he says, "was playing an important role in predicting who would get dementia, in large numbers of people in the normal population."

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

But when it comes to predicting cliff collapses along California’s iconic shoreline, the science has been infamously tricky to pin down.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Later, physicist Yakov Zel'dovich expanded on this concept, predicting that waves interacting with an object rotating fast enough could also gain energy and become amplified.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a history of predicting that AI will create new jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

So stupid I could hear Mr. Bacon's voice predicting I would fall flat on my ass.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos




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