forecast
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BofA strategists now forecast well over $300 billion in total debt issuance this year from Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The company forecast a 10% increase in content spending this year as it chases live entertainment and shorter videos.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The past week has felt quite chilly but temperatures next week are forecast to reach 20C in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and as high as 25C in England and Wales.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
This is broadly equivalent to the midpoint of the previous forecast range, which projected a 3% decline or stable sales compared with 321.9 billion euros it made in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The adults begin some chitchat about the weather forecast, and I let my eyes meet Peeta's.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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Economic forecasts for the coming months continue to be grim as fighting in the Middle East intensifies.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Some forecasts do show the potential for rain returning more widely from late week and into next, but others hint at continuing high pressure and potentially even warmer air.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The findings could eventually help scientists improve forecasts of how sea ice moves across the Arctic as the region continues to warm.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Following that, the U.S. added 162,000 jobs in August, which was well above forecasts and reassured officials and economists that growth was stable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
So the citizens of Oxford read the weather forecasts in the newspaper, and enjoyed the pale sun on their faces, and began to put their sandbags away.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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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
Last season, only four teams featured in the forecasted top-four positions, but this time there are seven named, in 15 different combinations.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Analysts forecasted revenue of $1.18 billion, according to FactSet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
They concluded that “the consensus view of $178 appears to underestimate peak EPS relative to our forecasted distribution of outcomes.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
The weatherman had forecasted a record high for the day of the meet.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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The economy is on track to expand at a speedy 4.4% pace in the third quarter that runs from July through September, according to the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow forecasting tool.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Understanding how strongly the Indian and Pacific oceans influence each other is important for climate forecasting.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
ING economists expect the slump in fixed-asset investment to have continued in August, forecasting a 7.4% contraction in the year to date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
While long-range forecasting is fraught with uncertainty and details are subject to change, there is currently nothing to indicate that a heatwave is on the cards.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
At sunset, clouds piled up like purple mountains, forecasting rain.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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