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prognosticate

[prog-nos-ti-keyt] / prɒgˈnɒs tɪˌkeɪt /


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I’m not asking you to prognosticate, we know better than that on this show, but was your sense that this kind of extreme anti-government argument was not flying with the bulk of the court?

From Slate Oct. 6, 2023

Krzysztof Warlikowski’s absurdist version of Verdi’s “Macbeth” in Salzburg has Lady Macbeth visit an obstetrician and discover she is infertile as sunglass-adorned witches prognosticate while wearing yellow-and-black armbands warning of radioactivity.

From Seattle Times Aug. 15, 2023

“It’s a dangerous game to prognosticate on how elections are going to turn out before they are held,” he said.

From New York Times Feb. 2, 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

“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

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

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

A slow man is provoked by their dissipated vivacity, and, unable to catch or fix their attention, prognosticates that they will never have sufficient application to learn any thing.

From Practical Education, Volume I by Maria Edgeworth

The Psalmist, Psalm lxxxv., expects much good from this conjunction of the celestial attributes, and prognosticates salvation to be near at hand, and all good things, as the immediate effect of it.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

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

Some aides found tweets by prominent figures who had prognosticated a gloomy night for Biden and publicly reminded them of their flawed predictions.

From Washington Post Nov. 9, 2022

The death of Chainbearer occurred, as he had himself prognosticated, about the time of the return of light on the succeeding morning.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

After all the strategizing and prognosticating, what no one can predict is which films will actually connect once audiences arrive.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

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

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




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