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predict

[pri-dikt] / prɪˈdɪkt /


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But the state shouldn’t try to predict which industries or businesses will succeed, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Professor Wright added: "We predict that honeybees have evolved to create glandular secretions which are the perfect food for their larvae, providing them with the ratios of essential amino acids that maximize growth."

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

The idea behind the trial is that if scientists can predict the areas of the atmosphere where contrails are likely to form, aircraft could avoid them.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

You could correctly predict the next bear market and still end up buying stocks at a higher price than they trade today.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

“You misjudge those who honor you. They do not think you can predict the future or save them from catastrophe. They honor you because you are the Storyteller.”

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

With unseasonably warm weather and the start of an El Niño cycle, Cal State Long Beach Shark Lab Director Chris Lowe predicts this sighting is just the start of a ‘very sharky summer.’

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

It explains the Cosmic Microwave Background -- the faint radiation left over from the early Universe -- and accurately predicts how galaxies are distributed across vast cosmic distances.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

Once the big AI platforms start facing pressure from shareholders to show a profit, he predicts: "They will start clamping down."

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Consider a statistic known as the r-squared, which measures the extent to which one data series explains or predicts another.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Scientists use something called a correlation to measure how closely one factor predicts another, and overall, the students’ ratings correlated with the experts’ ratings by .55, which is quite a high correlation.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Those improvements should make it easier for researchers to distinguish the predicted quantum signature from other physical processes taking place around magnetars.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

While the hot weather was predicted to cool over the weekend, its impact will remain.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

It hasn’t been the nightmare pairing so many predicted — at least not for opponents.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

On July 16, James predicted that PBF Energy and Sunoco L.P., two energy companies, would see short-term runs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

“I don’t know what’s going on, but you predicted an earthquake halfway around the world, and I want to know how.”

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Time to dust off the crystal ball once more and have a crack at predicting where the 20 Premier League teams will finish this season.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Understanding how natural emissions influences clouds is critical for predicting climate changes in this region.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

He’s not a finished product, but the signs of progress and what he can do with his body on a football field have everyone predicting big days ahead.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

And these markets have been pretty good at predicting elections in the past.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

A good example of Kepler’s skill in this despised art came when he was commissioned to produce a calendar for 1595 predicting important events for the year ahead.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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