prognosticate

Example Sentences

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While everyone else is prognosticating about the likely winners of the Academy Awards, we at The Envelope like to take a moment to use the past to help predict the future.

From Los Angeles Times

They would run a bookstore, give painting lessons, and assume Madame Ionesco’s bakehouse duties when she was off prognosticating, for they had surely learned a thing or two about baking while in Frankenforde.

From Literature

“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 Literature

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

From Los Angeles Times

Relying on polls and the prognosticating reputation of their Washington correspondent, editors announced the victory of Republican New York Gov. Thomas Dewey over the incumbent president, Democrat Harry S. Truman.

From Los Angeles Times