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forecasting

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






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The weather service is forecasting “minimal measurable” rain, or less than a tenth of an inch, she said, meaning there is chance of dry lightning strikes, which could ignite a fire.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Revenue fell 7% to $115.3 million in the quarter, below the $120.8 million analysts were forecasting, according to FactSet.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

It shows the implicit return projections for nine valuation indicators, each chosen because of its statistically significant track record in forecasting the S&P 500’s subsequent 10-year real total return.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

"We should be clear that this is an unprecedented event", said Prof Adam Scaife, head of long-range forecasting at the UK Met Office.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

It never would have occurred to me those words were forecasting my imminent and terrifying future.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

Although the attitude of Canadian weathermen towards their U. S. collaborators continued warm, their forecastings were cloudy, omitted any mention of barometric pressure.

From Time Magazine Archive

I told these forecastings of Lola's to several friends who, like myself, were watching the weather with anxiety.

From Lola or, The Thought and Speech of Animals by Agnes Blake

Little thought Mary of any of the speculations that busied the friendly head of Miss Prissy, or that lay in the provident forecastings of her prudent mother.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 by Various

It had been a ration party rumour, and ration parties are full of unfulfilled forecastings.

From Non-combatants and Others by Dame Rose Macaulay

In all his forecastings he had never pictured a homecoming remotely resembling the fact.

From The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Francis Lynde




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