predictable
Example Sentences
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Summer extremes are shorter and more predictable, while in winter, freezes can last weeks and electricity use spikes twice a day, in the morning and evening.
When stock prices surge, many traders sell call options—which increase in value when stock prices rise—hoping to cash in on the predictable pattern of others buying calls and stocks to monetize momentum.
From Barron's
“What a fabric does and performs is not always predictable, but the outcome and the potential you see in something then becomes the magic.”
From Los Angeles Times
Valaris operated a more diversified fleet, including jackup rigs used in shallower waters, providing steadier contract coverage and more predictable earnings.
From Barron's
Balance-sheet reduction, or quantitative tightening, by contrast, has a more marginal and less predictable impact when markets are functioning normally.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
