forecast
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Storms are most often named when potentially damaging winds are forecast, but can also be named for flooding rain or disruptive snow.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
A central-bank forecast that embeds market pricing does not suffer from this commitment problem.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
In what’s forecast to be a close race, even a marginal number of such voters could matter.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
The German logistics company said Friday that it now expects earnings before interest and taxes to surpass 7 billion euros, or $7.86 billion, compared with a prior forecast of more than 6.5 billion euros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Behind her, purple-red and blue-gray clouds forecast rain and wind.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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The article was regularly cited, and its predictions appeared remarkably accurate — until around 1993, halfway to the predicted “doomsday,” when the global population began falling behind its forecasts.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Only around 1993 did that accuracy begin to falter and the global population began falling behind the forecasts — because the world began to do what von Foerster and his colleagues recommended it do.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Given the minimal change in its underlying earnings and free cash flow forecasts, Citi keeps its 100 euro target price unchanged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Investors choose to focus on the medians of the policymaker forecasts.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
There was a whole tribe of men who made a living simply by selling systems, forecasts, and lucky amulets.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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Hurricane Odalys, with 90 mph winds, is nearly 900 miles west of the southern tip of Baja California and is forecasted to turn away from land and weaken.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The NPS said on Monday that a second body had been recovered, while warning that "forecasted weather may affect the timing and pace" of further search operations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
That’s a level often viewed as fairly valued, although PEG ratios rely heavily on forecasted growth, which is based on Wall Street estimates and can be misleading at times.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Analysts forecasted revenue of $1.18 billion, according to FactSet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
In the decade following the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens, scientists accurately forecasted fourteen subsequent eruptions to within days or weeks.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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"One of the things AI is very good at is forecasting," WattTime co-founder Gavin McCormick said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
The data support weather forecasting by providing timely observations of environmental conditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Eastern on Wednesday, with Wall Street analysts forecasting the month-on-month core print, which omits energy and food, to fall to 0.2% from 0.3% in August.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
However, long-range forecasting is fraught with uncertainty and while the season as a whole may be mild, some chilly interludes are also anticipated.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
At sunset, clouds piled up like purple mountains, forecasting rain.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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