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While U.S. officials are studiously tight-lipped about the prospects of freeing Ms. Griner and Mr. Whelan, Mr. Richardson is willing to prognosticate.

From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022

“Historians hate to prognosticate about the future,” Bristow said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2022

As a result, instead of focusing on case counts to prognosticate about omicron, policymakers should follow more reliable metrics, particularly the number of hospitalized patients who are receiving oxygen.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2021

I’d love to prognosticate that the rebrand will be a failure and that humans will see though this massive public relations pivot.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2021

“Dear mountains! my own beautiful lake! how do you welcome your wanderer? Your summits are clear; the sky and lake are blue and placid. Is this to prognosticate peace, or to mock at my unhappiness?”

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

But company salesmen as a group are good prognosticates, and certain cities, such as Philadelphia and Boston, seem to be particularly seismographic in detecting the rumble of an approaching hit.

From Time Magazine Archive

On rare occasions, of course, the Supreme Court has mocked prognosticates with a ruling contrary to all expert expectation.

From Time Magazine Archive

The majority of pre-season prognosticates had picked the Reds and Yankees as favorites in the 1939 pennant race.

From Time Magazine Archive

To a woman, it is significant of disappointment; but to see them flying southward, prognosticates a joyful meeting of absent friends, and that lovers will remain faithful.

From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller

If he sees no particular thing which indicates or prognosticates any ill, he continues, for then the song of the limócon is good.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 by Various

But investors should avoid jumping to conclusions, and not only because those who have prognosticated bitcoin’s demise have been wrong in the past.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

The 70-year-old executive has long prognosticated about risks he sees to the economy, though they often don’t come to pass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

For more nomination predictions, you can check out Times awards columnist Glenn Whipp’s final picks or see what the Envelope’s Buzzmeter panel has prognosticated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024

“I think they are the lone team in the Conference of Champions that has a real shot at going undefeated. So I prognosticated that would be the team,” Leaf said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2021

The city was burnt at the time projected and prognosticated, which gave a strong suspicion, though not a proof, of the authors and promoters of it.

From An Historical Narrative of the Great and Terrible Fire of London, Sept. 2nd 1666 by Gideon Harvey

A truism I’ve learned from years of prognosticating about the fate of tech companies: Once they have a certain amount of talent and capital, startups in particular can be quite nimble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

I try not to read any of the stuff, the prognosticating.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2025

Still, Huth readily admits the value of dystopian prognosticating, and hopes it will continue.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024

Looking forward is the purview of fans, not coaches, so forgive Maryland’s Kevin Willard if he’s not prognosticating matchups and brackets for the next three weeks.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

“A bit, yes. She’s usually busy prognosticating all over the neighborhood. You’d be amazed what people will pay for a glimpse of the Great Unknown.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood