predict
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Seoul's defence ministry said Friday it was difficult to predict "what further incidents could occur if this situation is allowed to continue unaddressed".
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Analysts in a WSJ survey predict a 77 Bcf storage injection, which would shrink the inventory surplus over the five-year average for a 10th consecutive week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Choosing a power supplier also avoids having to predict which particular AI application will win.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Because the investigation examined samples from only six patients, additional research will be needed to confirm the findings and establish whether the identified immune cells can reliably predict future episodes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
By making careful measurements of how much radiation came off objects at various temperatures, they showed that the Rayleigh-Jeans formula was, indeed, failing to predict the true amount of light that comes from objects.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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The state predicts the colder seasons will bring extra powerful storms that risk bringing damage and floods.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
A Wall Street Journal poll of analysts predicts headline CPI in September will rise 3.6% compared with the same period a year earlier, after August’s 3.4% increase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
So Bierton predicts it won't be just Benin players who will be after the jersey.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
"From a scientific perspective, it suggests that the magnetic interactions within the material are totally different from what theory predicts," Berruto said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
The uncertainty principle also predicts that there will be similar virtual pairs of matter particles, such as electrons or quarks.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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Another explanation is that the subduction zone had not yet existed long enough to develop the cooler temperatures predicted by conventional models.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
She predicted that "stores will multiply initiatives to bring customers in, whether with claw machines or in other forms".
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
The rise was slightly higher than economists had predicted, driven by higher petrol and diesel prices.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Before long, they had predicted the structure of nearly all known proteins—more than 200 million in total—and released them to scientists free of charge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Tal predicted that Fischer would win 5½–4½ against Taimanov.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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The company’s theme parks business, however, had a softer quarter, with executives predicting that those trends could last into the first half of next year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Goldman Sachs analysts are among the more bearish, predicting gas prices will average $2.95 per million British thermal units this winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"There was absolutely no possibility of predicting this fatal outcome," Oneto insisted.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
However, Huang said the company is predicting “significantly higher” spending on AI from 2026 to 2028 than in the past three years.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Professor Rolf Eliassen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology testified before a congressional committee to the impossibility of predicting the composite effect of these chemicals, or of identifying the organic matter resulting from the mixture.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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